巻積雲(けんせきうん)

けんせきうん
noun
cirrocumulus cloud
weather
1. cirrocumulus cloud
A high-altitude cloud made of small white ripples or grains arranged in regular patterns. Popularly called うろこ雲(ぐも) (scale clouds) or さば雲(ぐも) (mackerel clouds), and associated with a 'mackerel sky'.
空(そら)に巻積雲(けんせきうん)が浮(う)かぶ。
Cirrocumulus clouds float in the sky.
巻積雲(けんせきうん)が出(で)ると天気(てんき)が変(か)わりやすい。
When cirrocumulus clouds appear, the weather tends to change.
秋(あき)の空(そら)に広(ひろ)がる巻積雲(けんせきうん)は、まるで魚(さかな)のうろこのようだった。
The cirrocumulus clouds spreading across the autumn sky looked just like fish scales.

A high cloud of the 巻雲(けんうん) (cirrus) family, made of tiny white masses. Forming far higher than 高積雲(こうせきうん), it is a classic sign of autumn skies and approaching weather change.

Common collocations

  • うろこ雲(ぐも): scale clouds — everyday nickname for 巻積雲(けんせきうん)
  • さば雲(ぐも): mackerel clouds — another common nickname

Similar words

Related Words

Compare: 高積雲(こうせきうん) (altocumulus)
Compare: 巻雲(けんうん) (cirrus)
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Added 2026.6.28 3:18 · Revised 2026.9.2 13:02
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