氷 means “ice”

こおり · koori

Also: icicle, hail, freeze

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

こおり, ひ, こおる

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

ヒョウ

Taught in grade 3 · 5 strokes

The story

Winter ice forms on temple ponds, nature's sculpture, destined to melt and flow again.

Used in both literal and metaphorical contexts

Its parts

• 冫 Ice · Left side
• 水 Water · Right side

Water (水) with an ice mark (冫): frozen water, ice

Words with 氷

• 氷山 (ひょうざん, hyouzan): iceberg
• 氷水 (こおりみず, koorimizu): ice water

Kanji that look like 氷

• 水 (water): 水 lacks the extra left stroke; ice (氷) is water with a freeze mark

More from Nature's Poetry

• 流 stream
• 沼 marsh
• 泉 spring
• 岸 shore
• 崖 cliff
• 庭 garden
• 枝 branch
• 根 root
• 樹 tree
• 桜 cherry blossom
• 嵐 storm
• 霧 fog

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