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筋斗云 筋斗雲 觔斗雲 金斗雲

The tag is used for the below:

  • 觔斗雲 (Chinese: jindou yun / Japanese: kinto-un; lit. "Somersault Cloud")

A Xian magic to ride on clouds, used by Sun Wukong in the Journey to the West. It also refers to the magical cloud itself. In the story, the Monkey King performs somersaults to "charge" magic power into the cloud. In Japanese, it's also written as 金斗雲 or 斤斗雲.

Frequently drawn using whorled clouds.

  • 筋斗雲 (kinto'un)

A magical, flying yellow cloud in the Dragon Ball franchise, modeled after the original jindou yun. It only allows people with pure good hearts to ride on it.

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The following tags are aliased to this tag: kintoun (learn more).

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