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The Kanji Map

Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 3

JLPT level: N2

1450 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 5

Meaning: icicle, ice, hail, freeze, congeal

Kunyomi: こおり, ひ, こお.る

Onyomi: ヒョウ

Composition: 水 丶

氷

Radical

Radical: 水

Reading: みず

Meaning: water

Strokes: 4

⽔

Examples

Examples with audio

氷山(ひょうざん)   iceberg

氷河(ひょうが)   glacier

氷河期(ひょうがき)   glacial period

氷点下(ひょうてんか)   below freezing

樹氷(じゅひょう)   frost covered trees

製氷(せいひょう)   ice making

流氷(りゅうひょう)   drift ice, ice floe

氷(こおり)   ice

氷枕(こおりまくら)   ice pillow

かき氷(かきごおり)   snow cone, flavored ice

氷雨(ひさめ)   hail, freezing rain

Onyomi Examples

氷柱 (ツララ) icicle, ice pillar (for cooling a room), ice

氷山 (ヒョウザン) iceberg

海氷 (カイヒョウ) sea ice

解氷 (カイヒョウ) thawing (of rivers, lakes, etc.), thaw

Kunyomi Examples

氷 (こおり) ice, shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup)

氷水 (こおりみず) ice water, shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup)

人造氷 (じんぞうこおり) artificial ice

雪氷 (せっぴょう) snow and ice, snow ice, frozen snow

氷 (ひ) ice, hail

氷柱 (つらら) icicle, ice pillar (for cooling a room), ice

薄ら氷 (うすらひ) thin ice

凍る (こおる) to freeze, to become frozen, to freeze over

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