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氷

Ice
Stroke count: 5

Readings

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Kun readingこおり、ひ
JLPT level: N2JōyōGrade 3Level 4

Meanings

  1. ice
    彼は氷の上に家をたてた。He made a house on the ice.tatoeba
    彼は氷の上で転んで脚を傷めた。He fell down on the ice and hurt his leg.tatoeba
  2. congeal
  3. freeze
  4. hail
  5. icicleRtK
  1. shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup)

Synonyms

かき氷

Radicals and components

Radical水water氵variant氺variant
Components
How it's built
氷
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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drop (丶) · water (水)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 138

Compound words

氷河ひょうが
glacier
氷山ひょうざん
iceberg
流氷りゅうひょう
drift ice; ice floe
かき氷かきごおり
shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup); Italian ice; snow cone; sno-cone
氷点下ひょうてんか
below freezing
南氷洋なんひょうよう
Antarctic Ocean
樹氷じゅひょう
frost on trees
製氷せいひょう
ice making
叢氷そうひょう
pack ice
氷菓ひょうか
Hyōka (2001 novel and media franchise)
氷州ひょうしゅう
Iceland
氷晶ひょうしょう
ice crystals
氷嚢ひょうのう
ice bag
氷枕こおりまくら
cooling pillow (often rubber)
氷霧ひょうむ
ice fog
氷瀑ひょうばく
frozen waterfall
氷霰こおりあられ
small hail
錨氷いかりこおり
anchor ice
カキ氷かきごおり
shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup)
そう氷そうひょう
pack ice
碓氷峠うすいとうげ
Usui Pass
砕氷船さいひょうせん
icebreaker (ship)
削氷機さくひょうき
ice-shaving machine
氷酢酸ひょうさくさん
glacial acetic acid

Kun Reading Examples

彼は氷の上で転んで、それで腕を折った。こおり
He fell down on the ice and broke his arm.tatoeba
彼は氷の上ですべった。こおり
He slipped on the ice.tatoeba

Additional Examples

彼は氷の上で転んで、それで腕を折った。
He fell down on the ice and broke his arm.tatoeba
彼は氷の上ですべった。
He slipped on the ice.tatoeba

Stroke Order

5 strokes

Ice. 水 (water) + a dot — a drop of water that has frozen.

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 氷

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