氷

See also: 冰 and 永

氷 U+6C37, 氷 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6C37 ← 氶 [U+6C36] CJK Unified Ideographs 永 → [U+6C38]

Translingual

Stroke order

Alternative forms

• 冫 (when used as a left Chinese radical)

Usage notes

This character is listed as the unorthodox form (俗字) of 冰 in the Kangxi dictionary.

Han character

氷 (radical 85, 水+1, 5 strokes, cangjie input 戈水 (IE), four-corner 3223₀, composition ⿻水丶)

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 (first edition): volume 3, page 1546, character 4
• Unihan data for U+6C37

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Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 氷 – see 冰 (“ice; ice-cold; etc.”). (This character, 氷, is a variant form of 冰.)

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Japanese

Kanji

氷

(grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• Go-on: ひょう (hyō, Jōyō)^{←ひよう (fyou, historical)}
• Kan-on: ひょう (hyō, Jōyō)^{←ひよう (fyou, historical)}
• Kun: こおり (kōri, 氷, Jōyō)^{←こほり (kofori, historical)}; ひ (hi, 氷, Jōyō); こおる (kōru, 氷る)^{←こほる (koforu, historical)}
• Nanori: きよ (kiyo); すい (sui)

Compounds

• 氷柱 (つらら) (tsurara, “icicle”)

Alternative forms

Kanji in this term
氷
こおり Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Alternative spelling	凍り

氷 (kōri): a block of ice.

• (unorthodox) 冰

Etymology 1

⟨ko₂pori⟩ → */kəpori/ → /koɸori/ → /kowori/ → /koːri/

From Old Japanese.

The 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of verb 凍る (kōru, “to freeze”).

Pronunciation

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) こおり [kòórí] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA^(key): [ko̞ːɾʲi]

Noun

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

1. ice (frozen water)
   • 931–938, Minamoto no Shitagō, Wamyō Ruijushō (book 1, page 46)

     氷　四聲字苑云：「水寒凍結也。」筆凌反［和名：比又古保利］

     Ice - according to the Sisheng Ziyuan: cold water, frozen and solidified. (Chinese fanqie: 筆凌; Japanese name: hi or kōri)

2. a cold and sharp object, as a shard of ice
3. Short for 氷水 (kōrimizu): ice water; water filled with ice
4. Short for 氷襲 (kōrigasane): layered clothing with the front shining white and plain white at the back

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 氷襲 (こおりがさね) (kōri-gasane)
• 氷 (こおり)水 (みず) (kōrimizu)
• 氷 (こおり)屋 (や) (kōriya)
• 薄氷 (うすごおり) (usugōri, “thin ice”)
• かき氷 (ごおり) (kakigōri)
• 氷 (こおり)砂 (ざ)糖 (とう) (kōrizatō)
• 初氷 (はつごおり) (hatsugōri)

Proper noun

氷 (hiragana こおり, rōmaji Kōri, historical hiragana こほり)

1. a female given name
2. a surname

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
氷
ひ Grade: 3
kun’yomi

⟨pi₁⟩ → */pʲi/ → /ɸi/ → /hi/

From Old Japanese.

Noun

氷 (hiragana ひ, rōmaji hi)

1. ice (frozen water)
   • 931–938, Minamoto no Shitagō, Wamyō Ruijushō (book 1, page 46)

     氷　四聲字苑云：「水寒凍結也。」筆凌反［和名：比又古保利］

     Ice - according to the Sisheng Ziyuan: cold water, frozen and solidified. (Chinese fanqie: 筆凌; Japanese name: hi or kōri)

   Synonym: アイス (aisu)

2. hail (precipitated ice)

   Synonym: 雹 (hyō)

Derived terms

• 氷 (ひ)川 (かわ) (Hikawa)
• 氷 (ひ)雨 (さめ) (hisame)
• 氷 (ひ)室 (むろ) (himuro, “icehouse”)

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
氷
ひょう Grade: 3
on’yomi

From Middle Chinese 冰 (MC pɨŋ).

Affix

氷 (hiragana ひょう, rōmaji hyō)

1. ice
2. freeze, congeal
3. icy, cold

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 雹 (ひょう) (hyō, “hail”)
• 氷 (ひょう)菓 (か) (hyōka)
• 氷 (ひょう)河 (が) (hyōga)
• 氷塊 (ひょうかい) (hyōkai)
• 氷海 (ひょうかい) (hyōkai, “icy waters”)
• 氷解 (ひょうかい) (hyōkai)
• 氷結 (ひょうけつ) (hyōketsu)
• 氷山 (ひょうざん) (hyōzan)
• 氷釈 (ひょうしゃく) (hyōshaku)
• 氷雪 (ひょうせつ) (hyōsetsu)
• 氷柱 (ひょうちゅう) (hyōchū)
• 氷点 (ひょうてん) (hyōten)
• 海氷 (かいひょう) (kaihyō)
• 堅氷 (けんぴょう) (kenpyō)
• 砕氷 (さいひょう) (saihyō)
• 製氷 (せいひょう) (seihyō)
• 薄氷 (はくひょう) (hakuhyō, “thin ice”)
• 霧 (む)氷 (ひょう) (muhyō)
• 流氷 (りゅうひょう) (ryūhyō)

See also

• アイス (aisu)
• 二 (に)水 (すい) (nisui, “‘ice’ radical”)

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.

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Korean

Hanja

氷 (eumhun 얼음 빙 (eoreum bing))

1. Hanja form^? of 빙 (“ice”).

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Vietnamese

Han character

氷: Hán Nôm readings: băng

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