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: 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)

1. ice
2. freeze
3. congeal

Readings

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

Compounds

Derived terms

• 薄 (はく)氷 (ひょう) (hakuhyō, “thin ice”)
• 氷 (ひょう)海 (かい) (hyōkai, “icy waters”)
• 氷 (ひょう)河 (が) (hyōga, “glacier”)
• 氷 (ひょう)山 (ざん) (hyōzan, “iceberg”)
• 氷 (ひょう)雪 (せつ) (hyōsetsu, “ice and snow”)
• 氷 (ひょう)柱 (ちゅう) (hyōchū, “icicle”)
• 氷 (ひょう)点 (てん) (hyōten, “freezing point”)
• 流 (りゅう)氷 (ひょう) (ryūhyō, “drift ice”)
• 氷柱 (つらら) (tsurara, “icicle”)

Alternate forms

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

• 冰

Etymology 1

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

From Old Japanese.

From 凍り, 氷り (kōri, “freezing”), the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of verb 凍る, 氷る (kōru, “to freeze”).

Alternative forms

• 氷り, 凍り, 凍

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, Wamyō Ruijushō, book 1, page 46:

     氷 [...] 和名比、一云古保利

   Synonym: アイス (aisu)

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 (こおり)襲 (がさね) (kōrigasane)
• 氷 (こおり)水 (みず) (kōrimizu)
• 氷 (こおり)屋 (や) (kōriya, “ice shop”)
• 薄 (うす)氷 (ごおり) (usugōri, “thin ice”)
• かき氷 (ごおり), 欠 (かき)氷 (ごおり), 欠 (か)き氷 (ごおり) (kakigōri)

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/ → /fi/ → /hi/

From Old Japanese.

Pronunciation

• Kun’yomi
  • IPA^(key): [çi]

Noun

氷 (hiragana ひ, rōmaji hi)

1. ice (frozen water)
   • 931–938, Wamyō Ruijushō, book 1, page 46:

     氷 [...] 和名比、一云古保利

   Synonym: アイス (aisu)

2. hail (precipitated ice)

   Synonym: 雹 (hyō)

Derived terms

• 氷 (ひ)雨 (さめ) (hisame, “frozen rain”)
• 氷 (ひ)室 (むろ) (himuro, “ice house”)

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 • (bing) (hangeul 빙, revised bing, McCune–Reischauer ping, Yale ping)

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Vietnamese

Han character

氷 (băn, băng, phăng)

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