氷

See also 冰, and 永

Translingual

Stroke order

Alternative forms

• 冫 (when used as a left Chinese radical)

Han character

氷 (radical 85 水+1, 5 strokes, cangjie input 戈水 (IE))

1. ice, frost, icicles
2. cold

Derived characters

• Index:Chinese radical/冫

References

• KangXi: page 603, character 3
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17087
• Dae Jaweon: page 996, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1546, character 4
• Unihan data for U+6C37

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Japanese

Etymology 1

kopori > koɸori > kowori > koori > koːri.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /koːri/

Noun

氷 (hiragana こおり, romaji kōri, historical hiragana こほり)

1. ice
   • 931-938: Wamyō Ruijushō (book 1 page 46)

     氷 [...] 和名比、一云古保利

Etymology 2

pi > ɸi > hi.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /çi/

Noun

氷 (hiragana ひ, romaji hi)

1. ice
   • 931-938: Wamyō Ruijushō (book 1 page 46)

     氷 [...] 和名比、一云古保利

Kanji

氷 (grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. ice
2. freeze
3. congeal

Readings

• On: ひょう (hyō)
• Kun: こおり (kōri), ひ (hi)
• Nanori: すい

Compounds

• 氷屋 kōriya (ice shop)
• 氷山 hyōzan (iceberg)
• 氷雨 hisame (frozen rain)
• 氷雪 hyōsetsu (ice and snow)
• 氷海 hyōkai (icy waters)
• 氷点 hyōten (freezing point)
• 氷河 hyōga (glacier)
• 氷柱 hyōchū/tsurara (icicle)
• 氷室 himuro (ice house)
• 流氷 ryūhyō (drift ice)
• 薄氷 hakuhyō/usugōri (thin ice)

References

JIS: 4939 Kuten: 4125 Shift JIS: 9558 EUC-JP: C9B9 Frequency: 1450 Nelson: 131

New Nelson: 3032 Halpern: 39 Halpern Learners: 24 Heisig: 131 Tuttle Kanji Dictionary: 3a1.2

1. Source: EDICT and KANJIDIC files licensed by the Electronic Dictionaries Research Group.

• 1968 February 12 [931-938], Minamoto, Shitagō; Kyōto Daigaku Bungakubu Kokugogaku Kokubungaku Kenkyūshitu, Shohon Shūsei Wamyō Ruijushō: Honbunhen (in Japanese), Kyōto: Rinsen, ISBN 4-653-00507-9:

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Korean

Hanja

氷 (hangeul 빙, revised bing, McCune-Reischauer ping, Yale ping)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

氷 (pinyin bīng (bing1), Wade-Giles ping¹)

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Vietnamese

Han character

氷 (băn, băng, phăng)