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霜

霜 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning

frost

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ソウHS
Kun (native)
  • しもJHS
Other languages
  • 拼音shuang1
  • 한글sang
  • Hán-ViệtSương

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
17 strokes
Radical
雨(あめ)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+971C

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱雨相

Words using this kanji

  • 霜しも物体の表面が冷やされ、空気中の水蒸気が凝結し、氷の結晶として堆積したもの。なお、地面の露が凍えたもので、踏むとさくさく鳴るものをというが、現象としては別のものである。 霜のように冷たく厳しい。frost, white hair, grey hair, gray hair
  • 霜降りしもふりspeckled with white, salt-and-pepper (pattern, fabric, etc.), marbling (of beef), (of fish, chicken, shellfish, etc.) blanching by exposure to boiling and then icy water
  • 霜害そうがい秋の早い時期の霜や春の遅い時期の霜による農作物への被害。frost damage
  • 霜月しもつき陰暦十一月の異称。しもつき。 革命暦における3番目の月。グレゴリオ暦の11月下旬から12月中旬に相当する。フリメール。eleventh month of the lunar calendar
  • 霜柱しもばしらfrost columns, ice needles
  • 霜雪そうせつ霜と雪。 霜や雪のように白っぽいもの。frost and snow
  • 霜夜しもよしもよ 参照frosty night
  • 霜降そうこう二十四節気の十八番目。10月23日あたり。またはその日から立冬までの期間。"frost descent" solar term (approx. October 23)
  • 霜朝しもあさfrosty morning
  • 霜剣そうけんcold sharp sword, blade of ice
  • 霜髪そうはつfrost-white hair
  • 霜露そうろ霜と露。frost and dew, something fleeting, something transient, something short-lived
  • 霜解けしもどけthaw, thawing
  • 霜焼けしもやけ「しもやけ」を参照。frostbite, chilblains
  • 霜囲いしもがこいcovering which protects against frost
  • 霜枯れしもがれnipped by frost, bleak
  • 霜除けしもよけcovering which protects against frost
  • 霜降月しもふりづきeleventh lunar month
  • 霜取りしもとりdefrosting (e.g. of a freezer)
  • 霜枯れ時しもがれどきbleak winter season, off season, dead season, slack period

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Lookup codes

SKIP
2-8-9
Four Corner
1096.1
Spahn–Hadamitzky
8d9.2
Heisig
455
Nelson
5064