Where does “層雲” come from?

層雲 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 雲, from Middle Chinese 雲.

層雲 (Japanese): stratus

Definitions

  1. stratus

Ancestry of “層雲”, step by step

層雲 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 雲

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese雲a cloud; of how clouds are widely spread; of how...
2Middle Chinese雲—

via Japanese 層

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese層layer

Words derived from “層雲”

Every word from Middle Chinese 雲 →Every word from Japanese 雲 →