漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements
霜: frost
JLPT N117 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
雨 carries the meaning · 相 gives the sound
17 strokes
Two readings, and the words that use each
ソウsou · on'yomi · in compounds
- 降霜こうそうfrost formation; frost
しもshimo · kun'yomi · on its own
- 霜しもfrost
- 霜降りしもふりspeckled with white
Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“When the 'rain' kanji sits on top of another character, it squishes down like a heavy cloud. It's like a storm hovering over the rest of the kanji, flavoring the meaning with weather, moisture, and the power of the sky.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side霜 frost · 雨
vs箱 box · 竹In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · shuāng
Same form: 霜 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 霜 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 霜 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin shuāng 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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