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冬

Winter
Stroke count: 5

Readings

On readingトウ
Kun readingふゆ
JLPT level: N4JōyōGrade 2Level 3

Meanings

  1. winterRtK

Synonyms

冬季

Radicals and components

Radical冫ice
Components
How it's built
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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walking legs (儿) · ice (冫)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 456

Compound words

荵冬スイカズラ
Japanese honeysuckle (Lonicera japonica)
越冬えっとう
passing the winter; hibernation
真冬まふゆ
midwinter; dead of winter
暖冬だんとう
mild winter; warm winter
冬季とうき
winter season; winter
冬至とうじ
winter solstice
冬物ふゆもの
winter clothing; winter wear; winter goods
冬眠とうみん
hibernation; winter sleep; brumation; torpor
冬期とうき
winter; wintertime; winter term
冬場ふゆば
wintertime; winter season
冬休みふゆやすみ
winter vacation; winter holidays
春夏秋冬しゅんかしゅうとう
spring, summer, autumn (fall) and winter; the four seasons
款冬ふき
giant butterbur (Petasites japonicus)
旧冬きゅうとう
former winters
厳冬げんとう
severe winter
今冬こんとう
this winter
三冬さんとう
three winter months
初冬しょとう
early winter
孟冬もうとう
beginning of winter
杪冬びょうとう
end of winter
幻冬舎げんとうしゃ
Gentosha Inc.
冬至粥とうじがゆ
adzuki bean rice gruel eaten on the day of the winter solstice (to chase away demons that spread contagious diseases)
冬眠鼠やまね
Japanese dormouse (Glirulus japonicus)
畔冬菜あぜとうな
Crepidiastrum keiskeanum (species of plant in the daisy family)

Additional Examples

彼は冬の間中スキーに出かけた。
He went skiing during the winter.tatoeba
彼は冬の間ずっと病気だった。
He was sick through the winter.tatoeba
彼は冬に富士山に登った最初の人でした。
He was the first man to climb Mt. Fuji in winter.tatoeba
彼は冬が終わるのを待ち焦がれていた。
He longed for the winter to be over.tatoeba

Stroke Order

5 strokes

Winter. 夂 (slow feet) + 冫 (ice) — the cold season when everything slows down.

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 冬

Draw with a guide, then from memory — checked at every step