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雪食 (せっしょく) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

雪せっ食しょく

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Meanings

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noun

nivation

Technical term in geomorphology referring to erosion caused by snow, especially freeze-thaw cycles beneath snow patches.

雪せっ食しょくによって形けい成せいされた地ち形けいが見みられる。
Landforms created by nivation can be observed.

Written forms

雪せっ食しょく
Standard kanji form for the geomorphological term nivation.
雪せっ蝕しょく
Variant using 蝕 (erosion); less common but seen in technical contexts.

Kanji

雪snow
食eat, food
蝕eclipse, occultation, be defective

Etymology

Compound of 雪 (snow) and 食 (eat/erode). The variant 雪蝕 uses 蝕 (erode/decay). The reading せっしょく is the standard on'yomi combination.