Usage patterns かき 氷ごおり を 食た べる to eat shaved ice
I ate shaved ice at the summer festival.
かき 氷ごおり にシロップをかける to pour syrup over shaved ice
I poured strawberry syrup over the shaved ice.
〈 場ば 所しょ 〉 でかき 氷ごおり を 売う る to sell shaved ice at a place
They're selling shaved ice at the stall.
かき 氷ごおり を 作つく る to make shaved ice
I tried making shaved ice at home.
Don't confuse with かき氷 is finely shaved ice topped with flavored syrup, while アイスクリーム is a dairy-based frozen dessert—learners sometimes lump the two together as 'ice.'
シャーベット is a smooth frozen purée or juice mixture, whereas かき氷 is coarse shaved ice topped with syrup.
かき氷 is the full, explicit term for the shaved-ice dessert, whereas 氷 alone can mean the same thing only when the context (e.g. a summer stall) makes it clear.
Written forms かき 氷ごおり Usage 70%
Standard kanji-kana mixed spelling; the most common written form.
カキ 氷ごおり Usage 30%
Variant with katakana for the first part; seen in some shop signs and casual writing.
欠か き 氷ごおり
rarely-used kanji form
Rarely used kanji form; 欠き is a simplified substitute for 掻き .
掻か き 氷ごおり
rarely-used kanji form
Rarely used kanji form; 掻く means 'to scrape/shave', but the kanji is uncommon.
Etymology From 掻き (kaki, 'scraping', continuative form of 掻く ) + 氷 (kōri, 'ice'). The kōri changes to gōri due to rendaku. The kanji 欠き and 欠 are simplified substitutes for 掻き .
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