氷

See also: 冰 and 永

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 (Kangxi 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 Dictionary: 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 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, 氷, historical)}; ひ (hi, 氷, Jōyō); こおる (kōru, 氷る)^{←こほる (koforu, 氷る, 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”).

Noun

氷(こおり) • (kōri) ^{←こほり (kofori)?}

1. ice (frozen water)
   • 938, Minamoto no Shitagō, Wamyō Ruijushō, volume 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(こおり) • (Kōri) ^{←こほり (kofori)?}

1. a female given name

Etymology 2

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

⟨pi₁⟩ → */pʲi/ → /ɸi/ → /hi/

From Old Japanese.

Noun

氷(ひ) • (hi) 

1. ice (frozen water)
   • 938, Minamoto no Shitagō, Wamyō Ruijushō, volume 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 ping).

Affix

氷(ひょう) • (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”)

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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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