漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements
冴: be clear, serene
Also: cold, skilful
JLPT N17 strokesName kanji (jinmeiyō)Your ink: 白 Not met
冫 carries the meaning · 牙 is drawn in
7 strokes
One reading, and the words that use it
さえるsaeru · kun'yomi · on its own
- 冴えるさえるto be clear (of a sight, sound, colour…
- 冴えさえclearness; clarity
- 冴え輝くさえかがやくto shine clearly
Also read ゴ, コ, こおる, ひえる, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Brrr, it's freezing! Imagine two sharp icicles hanging from the edge of a roof.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
牙
Also built on tusk (牙)
In ChineseNo clear Chinese counterpart · hù
Unihan gives no clear Chinese counterpart for this character.
Pinyin hù most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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