雪

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

雪 (radical 173 雨+3, 11 strokes, cangjie input 一月尸一 (MBSM), four-corner 1017₇/1017₄, composition ⿱⻗彐)

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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Chinese

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simp. and trad.		雪

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xuě (xue³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄝˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): syut³
• Hakka (Pha̍k-fa-sṳ): siet
• Min Nan (POJ): seh / soat
• Wu (WT Romanisation): xiq (T4)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: xuě
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄝˇ
    • Wade-Giles: hsüeh³
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheue
    • IPA ^(key): /ɕɥ̯œ²¹⁴/

    • (file)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: syut³
    • Yale: syut
    • Cantonese Pinyin: syt⁸
    • IPA ^(key): /ɕyːt̚³/
• Hakka
  • Romanisations:
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: siet
    • IPA (Siyen, incl. Miaoli): /ɕi̯et̚²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: seh / soat
    • Tâi-lô: seh / suat
    • IPA (Taipei): /seʔ³²/, /suat̚³²/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /seʔ³²/, /suat̚³²/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • WT Romanisation: xiq (T4)
    • IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɪʔ⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (雪, reconstructed)
Character (雪), Pronunciation 1/1
Initial: 心 (16) Final: 薛 Division: III			Openness: Closed Tone: Checked (Ø)			Fanqie: 相絕切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/siuᴇt̚/	/si̯wɛt̚/	/siuɛt̚/	/sʷiɛt̚/	/swiat̚/	/sĭuɛt̚/	/sjuæt̚/

Old Chinese pronunciation (雪, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character								Modern Beijing (Pinyin)								Middle Chinese								Old Chinese								English
雪								xuě								‹ sjwet ›								/*[s]ot/								snow
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
雪					5477					彗					月					2					雪					/*sqʰʷed/

Noun

雪

1. snow

Verb

雪

1. to wipe away, to clean

Compounds

Derived terms

雪梨 雪白 雪豹 雪暴 雪崩 雪車/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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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

Kanji in this term

雪

ゆき Grade: 2

kun'yomi

/yuki₁/ *[juki] → /yuki/ [juki]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /juki/
• ゆき​ (Odaka)

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 May 2 [931-938], Shitagō Minamoto; 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 (seol) (hangeul 설, McCune-Reischauer sŏl, Yale sel)

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Compounds

• 雪濃湯
• 初雪 first snow

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Vietnamese

Han character

雪 (tuyết)

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