Character Details
winter Ascii: — w131
Hanyu Pinyin Pronunciation Tone Components/Primitives Wiktionary Alt Sounds
dōng dawng 1 夂 (go) + 冫 (ice) → winter 冬 link
Picture Character Story
When having dinner parties it's an important question to ask how many? (people can we fit at this small table?) Better get a bigger one.
Notes
[HSK 1] - This character is a combination of 'slow' (which looks similar to the character for 'dusk', but has an extended stroke) and 'ice'. It translates literally as 'slow ice', which alludes to ice building up slowly over winter.
Examples
- It rains a lot in the winter - --Research Pending--
Strokes
Single Character Decomposition
Radical Name Label Domain Component Persona Example Characters
— - 乙 sickle bend, twist curved hook stroke 乙 九
Elements Semantic Element Phonetic Element Note
夂 (go) + 冫 (ice) → winter 夂 (semantic: winter) 冫 (phonetic) phonetic from 冫

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