Japanese symbol for “drove”
雲霞
うんか
Romaji: unka
clouds and haze
In Japanese, drove is 雲霞, read うんか (unka).
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Meanings
- n clouds and haze
- n swarm (of people); throng; drove
- adv (flee) like the wind; (run) out of sight
Written forms: 雲霞. Readings: うんか、くもかすみ.
Kanji and stroke order
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 風雲 | ふううん fuuun | winds and clouds; nature; the elements |
| 雨雲 | あまぐも amagumo | rain cloud |
| 星雲 | せいうん seiun | nebula |
| 雲行き | くもゆき kumoyuki | weather; look of the sky |
| 雲泥の差 | うんでいのさ undeinosa | wide difference; a world of difference |
| 暗雲 | あんうん an'un | dark clouds |
| 霞む | かすむ kasumu | to become misty; to become hazy |
| 朝霞 | あさがすみ asagasumi | morning glow; morning mist (haze) |
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.