冬 – winter

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The kanji 冬 means winter. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is トウ (tou); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is ふゆ (fuyu). It is written with 5 strokes, under radical 冫 (no. 15).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	トウ	tou
Kun’yomi	ふゆ	fuyu

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: 冫 (Kangxi radical 15). Components: 夂・丶・攵.

Words using 冬

冬ふゆwinter冬眠とうみんhibernation

Example sentences

まもなく冬だ。

It will be winter before long.

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Kanji with the same radical

冷凍凝凄冴凌

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