• 氵(water; liquid)
• 胡(beard; whiskers)

Water gathers into a vast lake-like expanse, hence the word "hồ" for lake.

• 二(two horizontal lines (symbolizing sky))
• 厶(spiral shape; swirling cloud pattern)

Clouds curling in circles beneath the sky, the character 云 paints the shape of a cloud drifting upward.

• 氵(water; liquid)
• 胡(beard; whiskers)

Water gathers into a vast lake-like expanse, hence the word "hồ" for lake.

• 二(two horizontal lines (symbolizing sky))
• 厶(spiral shape; swirling cloud pattern)

Clouds curling in circles beneath the sky, the character 云 paints the shape of a cloud drifting upward.