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氷塔 (ひょうとう) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

氷ひょう塔とう

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Meanings

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noun

serac

A block or pinnacle of ice on a glacier, formed by intersecting crevasses. Technical term used in glaciology and mountaineering.

氷ひょう河がの上うえに巨きょ大だいな氷ひょう塔とうがそびえていた。
A huge serac towered over the glacier.

Kanji

氷icicle, ice, hail
塔pagoda, tower, steeple

Etymology

Compound of 氷 (ひょう, 'ice') and 塔 (とう, 'tower'), literally 'ice tower'. The term is a direct calque of the English 'serac' or French 'sérac', referring to a tower-like ice formation.