氷
icicle, ice, hail, freeze, congeal
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
20 of 175- 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
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.