yùn to move; to transport; to use

Made up of [ chuò walking radical 162, yún cloud; say ]
Alternative traditional form of character:
Made with 7 strokes.
Combination of 'walking' and the phonetic element 'cloud' also pronounced as 'yun'

Related characters


Also uses chuò component: biān (side) dào (road) ; féng (to meet by chance) ; guò (past) ; hái (still) ; jìn (to advance) ; jìn (near) ; lián (to link) ; liáo (distant) ; (to bewilder) ; (riddle) ; tōng (open) ; yíng (welcome) ; (to meet) ; yuǎn (far) ; zhè (this)
Also uses yún component: dòng (to use) huì (can)

Different tone

yún (cloud)

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Pronunciation

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Cities

运城 Yuncheng, Shanxi

Proverbs

运斤成风 yùn jīn chéng fēng A very skilled person. The story is that Jiang Shi was so skilled that he knock a spot of paint off the end of someone's nose. he could only hear the ax move like a gust of wind
运筹帷幄 yùn chóu wéi wò Careful planning for the future - not just a victim of events. An analogy to commanders devising their plans in a tent on the eve of battle.