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氷

icicle, ice, hail, freeze, congeal

JLPTN2StatusJōyō · grade 3FrequencyTop 2,000Strokes5

Readings

On'yomi

  • ヒョウ

Kun'yomi

  • こおり
  • ひ
  • こお.る

Nanori

  • すい

Meaning

氷 centers on frozen water in various forms: ice, icicles, hail, and the process of freezing or congealing.

Most common words using 氷

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  • 氷こおり
    N3

    ice

  • かき氷かきごおり

    shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup); Italian ice; snow cone; sno-cone

  • 氷河ひょうが
    N1

    glacier

  • 氷室ひむろ

    ice house; ice room; cold room

  • 氷結ひょうけつ

    freezing; freezing over

  • 氷山ひょうざん
    N1

    iceberg

  • 氷河期ひょうがき

    glacial period; glacial epoch; glacial era; ice age

  • 氷点下ひょうてんか

    below freezing

  • 製氷せいひょう

    ice making

  • 氷菓ひょうか

    frozen dessert (e.g. ice cream, sorbet, ice pop)

  • 氷菓ひょうか

    Hyōka (2001 novel and media franchise)

  • 氷上ひょうじょう

    on (the) ice

  • 流氷りゅうひょう

    drift ice; ice floe

  • 氷水こおりみず

    ice water

  • 氷柱つらら

    icicle

  • 樹氷じゅひょう

    frost on trees; hoarfrost (on trees)

  • 氷雪ひょうせつ

    ice and snow

  • 氷砂糖こおりざとう

    rock candy; sugar candy; crystallized sugar; sugar crystals

  • 砕氷さいひょう

    ice breaking

  • 薄氷はくひょう

    thin ice

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Study

Etymology

氷 is a pictograph of ice, originally drawn as a simplified form of 水 with an added mark to indicate frozen water. The modern form retains the water shape with an extra dot.

Meaning mnemonic

See 水 (water) with an extra dot on the upper left, like a droplet that has frozen solid. That dot turns water into ice.

Reading mnemonic

For ヒョウ, imagine a hyō (豹, leopard) slipping on a patch of ice: hyō -> ヒョウ, and the frozen surface makes it slide.