Chinese symbol for “cirrus”

卷云

juǎn yún

Traditional: 卷雲

cirrus (cloud)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for cirrus is 卷云 (juǎn yún), defined as: cirrus (cloud).

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

卷 juǎn

book, scroll, volume; curled up; to curl, to roll

radical 26 ⼙ · 8 strokes

云 yún

cloud; to say, to speak

radical 7 ⼆ · 4 strokes

Traditional forms

雲 yún

Related words

Other words that share a character with 卷云.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
卷入 (捲入)	juǎn rù	to be drawn into; to be involved in
席卷 (席捲)	xí juǎn	to engulf; to sweep
问卷 (問卷)	wèn juàn	questionnaire; measure word: 份 (fèn)
试卷 (試卷)	shì juàn	examination paper; test paper
龙卷风 (龍捲風)	lóng juǎn fēng	tornado; hurricane
卷烟 (卷煙)	juǎn yān	cigarette; cigar
风云 (風雲)	fēng yún	weather; unstable situation
白云 (白雲)	bái yún	white cloud

See also: Japanese symbol for “cirrus”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.