Where does “朧雲” come from?

朧雲 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 朧, from Japanese 凡, from Middle Chinese 凡 — ordinary.

Ancestry of “朧雲”, step by step

朧雲 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 朧

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese朧hazy, cloudy
2Japanese凡mediocre, ordinary; mediocrity; dim, faint
3Middle Chinese凡ordinary

via Japanese 雲

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese雲a cloud; of how clouds are widely spread; of how...
2Middle Chinese雲—
Every word from Middle Chinese 凡 →Every word from Japanese 凡 →Every word from Japanese 朧 →