雪 – snow

11 strokesTaught in grade 2#1131 in newspaper frequencyN5 vocabulary

The kanji 雪 means snow. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is セツ (setsu); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is ゆき (yuki). It is written with 11 strokes, under radical 雨 (no. 173).

Stroke order

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

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	セツ	setsu
Kun’yomi	ゆき	yuki

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: 雨 (Kangxi radical 173). Components: ヨ・雨.

Words using 雪

雪ゆきsnow吹雪ふぶきsnow storm雪崩なだれavalanche

Example sentences

たぶん、明日は雪が降るだろう。

Probably it will snow tomorrow.

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吹雪はまる一週間荒れ狂った。

The snowstorm raged for a full week.

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雪崩で道路がふさがった。

The road was blocked by an avalanche.

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Kanji with the same radical

電震露需雨零雲雰霊雷霞霧霜雫霰

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