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霜

frost
Stroke count: 17

Readings

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JōyōGrade 8KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. 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
  1. white hair
  2. grey hair
  3. gray hair

Radicals and components

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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
years
霜害そうがい
frost damage
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
frostbite
霜柱しもばしら
frost columns
霜解けしもどけ
thaw
霜焼けしもやけ
frostbite

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

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