Kanji 雪

音読おんよみ: セツ

訓読くんよみ: ゆき

画数かくすう: 11 strokes

部首ぶしゅ: 雨(あめかんむり)

Meaning

Snow

  • 大雪おおゆき — heavy snow
  • 初雪はつゆき — first snow
  • 降雪こうせつ — snowfall
  • 雪国ゆきぐに — snowy region
  • 風雪ふうせつ — wind and snow

雪 is made of the rain radical 雨 and the phonetic component 彗. It originally meant “to sweep” and later came to represent snow — something that falls and covers the ground. This kanji is strongly associated with winter and poetic imagery.

昨日きのうゆきりました。
It snowed yesterday.

初雪はつゆきました。
I saw the first snow.

降
Creates
降雪こうせつ — snowfall
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