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蓮葉氷 (hasuhagoori) Japanese meaning: pancake ice | Kotomora

蓮はす葉は氷ごおり

also: はすばごおり

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Meanings

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pancake ice

A meteorological term for circular, flat pieces of ice formed in cold waters, resembling lotus leaves.

冬ふゆの海うみに蓮はす葉は氷ごおりが浮うかんでいた。

Pancake ice was floating on the winter sea.

蓮はす葉は氷ごおりは、波なみの作さ用ようで丸まるく形けい成せいされる。

Pancake ice is formed into round shapes by wave action.

Kanji

蓮lotus
葉leaf, plane, lobe
氷icicle, ice, hail

Related words

氷こおり
General term for ice; 蓮葉氷 specifically refers to pancake ice.
流りゅう氷ひょう
Drift ice; larger masses of ice moving with currents, unlike the small, round pancake ice.

Built from

蓮はす葉は+氷こおり

Written forms

蓮葉氷
- はすはごおり
  Standard kanji spelling for this meteorological term.
- はすばごおり
  Alternate reading with rendaku; less common than はすはごおり.
はす葉氷
- はすはごおり
  Mixed kanji-kana spelling; less common but still encountered.
- はすばごおり
はすばごおり

Etymology

Compound of 蓮葉 (hasuha, 'lotus leaf') and 氷 (kōri, 'ice'), from the resemblance of the ice formations to lotus leaves.