Poetic or elegant term for snow, often used in literature, waka, or refined contexts. Can also be a female given name.
deep snow (poetic)
Only when written 深雪
Specifically refers to deep snow when written as 深雪. The kanji 深 (deep) and 雪 (snow) make the meaning explicit. Poetic register.
The mountain village, where deep snow was falling and piling up, was wrapped in silence.
Struggling through the deep snow, he crossed the mountain pass.
Standard kanji form for this poetic word; the kanji literally mean 'deep snow'.
Rarely used kanji form; the prefix 御 adds a sense of elegance or respect.
The reading みゆき is a combination of the honorific prefix み (御) and ゆき (雪, snow). The kanji 深雪 literally means 'deep snow' and is an example of jukujikun (a kanji compound assigned to a native Japanese word).