霜

frost

Stroke count: 17

Readings

On readingソウ

Kun readingしも

Jōyō Grade 8KANJIDIC

Meanings

frostRtK
冬の朝には車の窓に霜が沢山つく。Car windows accumulate frost on winter mornings.tatoeba
霜は露が凍ったものだ。Frost is frozen dew.tatoeba

white hair
grey hair
gray hair

Radicals and components

Radical雨rain

Components

How it's built

霜

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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rain (雨) · weather · inter · Inter Milan · tree (木) · wood (木) · eye (目)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 455

Compound words

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; formation of frost

降霜こうそう

frost formation

星霜せいそう

霜害そうがい

霜月しもつき

eleventh month of the lunar calendar

霜降しもふり

speckled with white

霜焼しもやけ

霜柱しもばしら

霜解けしもどけ

霜焼けしもやけ

Additional Examples

霜は露が凍ったものだ。

Frost is frozen dew.tatoeba

霜は農作物に悪影響を及ぼしました。

The frost had a bad effect on the crops.tatoeba

Stroke Order

17 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 霜

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