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

Chinese

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

Japanese

Kanji

氷

(grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji)

  1. ice
  2. freeze
  3. congeal

Readings

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Compounds

Alternate forms

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

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”).[1]

Alternative forms

  • 氷り, 凍り, 凍

Pronunciation

Noun

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

  1. ice (frozen water)
    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

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

Noun

氷 (hiragana ひ, rōmaji hi)

  1. ice (frozen water)
    Synonym: アイス (aisu)
  2. hail (precipitated ice)
    Synonym: 雹 (hyō)
Derived terms

References

  1. 1 2 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 1 2 Minamoto, Shitagō; Kyōto Daigaku Bungakubu Kokugogaku Kokubungaku Kenkyūshitu (931–938) Shohon Shūsei Wamyō Ruijushō: Honbunhen (in Japanese), Kyōto: Rinsen, published 1968, →ISBN.
  • 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.

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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