Onyomi: ヒョウ · Kunyomi: こお.る, こおり, ひ · Meanings: congeal, freeze, hail, ice, icicle
Kanji for congeal, freeze, hail, ice, icicle
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氷 is formed as a pictographic character based on water. The shape represents water that has hardened and split, showing cracks or separation. This visual form expresses water in a frozen state. From this structure, 氷 came to mean ice.
氷 shows frozen water, meaning ice.
Think of water freezing and forming cracks as it hardens. That solid, frozen form of water is 氷. Remember 氷 as water that has turned cold and solid.
| Word | Reading | Meaning | Meta |
|---|---|---|---|
| 氷 | こおり | ice | common JLPT-N3 Noun |
| 氷柱 | つらら | icicle | Noun |
| 氷 | ひ | ice | Noun |
| 凍る | こおる | to freeze, to become frozen, to freeze over | common JLPT-N3 Godan verb with 'ru' ending, Intransitive verb |
| 氷山 | ひょうざん | iceberg | common Noun |
| 氷河 | ひょうが | glacier | common Noun |
| 氷原 | ひょうげん | ice field, ice floe | Noun |
| 氷点下 | ひょうてんか | below freezing | Noun |
| 氷解 | ひょうかい | being cleared (of doubt, misgivings, etc.), being dispelled, melting away | Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verb |
| 氷水 | こおりみず | ice water | Noun |