Where does “巻雲” come from?

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

巻雲 (Japanese): cirrus cloud

Definitions

  1. cirrus cloud

Ancestry of “巻雲”, step by step

巻雲 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 巻

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese巻scroll; book; a scroll or book
2Middle Chineseかん—
Every word from Middle Chinese 雲 →Every word from Japanese 雲 →