氷 – icicle, ice, hail

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The kanji 氷 means icicle, ice, hail, freeze, congeal. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ヒョウ (hyou); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is こおり、ひ、こお.る (koori, hi, kooru). It is written with 5 strokes, under radical 水 (no. 85).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ヒョウ	hyou
Kun’yomi	こおり	koori
Kun’yomi	ひ	hi
Kun’yomi	こお.る	kooru

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 水 (Kangxi radical 85). Components: 水・丶.

Words using 氷

氷こおりice

Example sentences

その氷は薄過ぎてあなたの体重に耐えられない。

The ice is too thin to bear your weight.

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Kanji with the same radical

決法治派済活海求水減演流沢消準渡

Sources: KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0), KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0), Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). About the data.