霜 means “frost”

しも · shimo

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

しも

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

ソウ

Taught in secondary school · 17 strokes

The story

Winter frost crystallizes leaves into nature's jewelry, delicate and temporary beauty.

A seasonal indicator in classical Japanese poetry

Its parts

• 雨 Rain/weather · Top
• 相 Mutual/phase · Bottom

Weather (雨) that forms when conditions are mutual (相): frost

Kanji that look like 霜

• 霧 (fog): 霧 has 務 under 雨, 霜 has 相: different bottoms under rain
• 雪 (snow): 雪 has ヨ under 雨, 霜 has 相; frost and snow are different cold

More from Nature's Poetry

• 露 dew
• 氷 ice
• 流 stream
• 沼 marsh
• 泉 spring
• 岸 shore
• 崖 cliff
• 庭 garden
• 枝 branch
• 根 root
• 樹 tree
• 桜 cherry blossom

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Readings from KANJIDIC2, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA.