雪

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

雪 (radical 173 雨+3, 11 strokes, cangjie input 一月尸一 (MBSM), four-corner 1017₇)

1. snow
2. to erase pain, avenge

Derived characters

• 鱈 膤

References

• KangXi: page 1371, character 29
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 42216
• Dae Jaweon: page 1878, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 4058, character 4
• Unihan data for U+96EA

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Cantonese

Hanzi

雪 (jyutping syut3, Yale syut3)

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Japanese

Kanji

雪 (grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• On: せつ (setsu), せち (sechi)
• Kun: ゆき (yuki), すす-ぐ (susu-gu)
• Nanori: せつ (setsu), ぶき (buki), ゆき (yuki), せ (se)

Compounds

• 雪辱 (せつじょく, setsujoku): vindication, revenge
• 雪崩 (なだれ, nadare): snow avalanche
• 初雪 (はつゆき, hatsuyuki): first snow (of the winter season)
• 雪女 (ゆきおんな, yuki onna): snow woman, snow fairy

Etymology

/yuki₁/ *[juki] > /yuki/ [juki].

Pronunciation

• IPA: /juki/

Noun

雪 (hiragana ゆき, romaji yuki)

1. snow
   • 931-938: Wamyō Ruijushō (book 1 page 27-28)

     雪 [...] 和名由岐、日本紀私記云、泡雪阿和由岐、其弱如水沫故云沫雪也

2. (metaphoric) white hair
3. cod (fish) (from an abbreviation of the standard kanji for cod, 鱈)

Synonyms

• 玉塵 (gyokujin)

References

• 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

雪 (hangeul 설, revised seol, McCune-Reischauer sŏl, Yale sel)

Compounds

• 雪濃湯

• Shift JIS:
  • Hex: 90E1
  • Decimal: 37089

• 初雪 first snow

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Mandarin

Pronunciation

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Noun

雪 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin xuě)

1. snow

Hanzi

雪 (pinyin xuě (xue3), Wade-Giles hsüeh³)

Compounds

雪梨 雪白 雪豹 雪暴 雪崩 雪车 雪耻 雪地 雪堆 雪糕 雪恨 雪花 雪花膏 雪茄 雪窖冰天 雪景 雪里红, 雪里蕻 雪里送炭 雪梨酒 雪莲 雪亮 雪盲

雪泥鸿爪 雪片 雪橇 雪青 雪人, 雪人儿 雪山 雪上加霜 雪松 雪条 雪线 雪压 雪野 雪冤 雪原 雪灾 雪中送炭 紫雪 积雪草 雪里开 雪山林 雪胆 雪莲花

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Middle Chinese

Han character

雪 (*siuɛt)

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Vietnamese

Han character

雪 (tuyết)