Translingual

Stroke order

Alternative forms

• 冫 (when used as a left Chinese radical)

Han character

氷 (radical 85 水+1, 5 strokes, cangjie input 戈水 (IE), four-corner 3223₀, composition ⿱水丶)

1. ice, frost, icicles
2. cold

Derived characters

• Index:Chinese radical/冫

References

• KangXi: page 603, character 3
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17087
• Dae Jaweon: page 996, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1546, character 4
• Unihan data for U+6C37

Chinese

Japanese

Etymology 1

Ultimately from a form kopori, which was reduced first to koɸori, then kowori, then koori, and finally koːri.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʰoːɺ̠i/

Noun

氷 ‎(hiragana こおり, romaji kōri, historical hiragana こほり)

1. ice
   • 931–938, Wamyō Ruijushō, book 1, page 46:

     氷 [...] 和名比、一云古保利

Etymology 2

From a form pi which was reduced to ɸi and then to hi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /çi/

Noun

氷 ‎(hiragana ひ, romaji hi)

1. ice
   • 931–938, Wamyō Ruijushō, book 1, page 46:

     氷 [...] 和名比、一云古保利

Kanji

(grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. ice
2. freeze
3. congeal

Readings

• Goon: ひょう (hyō)
• Kan’on: ひょう (hyō)
• Kun: こおり (kōri), ひ (hi)
• Nanori: すい (sui), きよ (kiyo), ひ (hi)

Compounds

• 氷屋 kōriya (ice shop)
• 氷山 hyōzan (iceberg)
• 氷雨 hisame (frozen rain)
• 氷雪 hyōsetsu (ice and snow)
• 氷海 hyōkai (icy waters)
• 氷点 hyōten (freezing point)
• 氷河 hyōga (glacier)
• 氷柱 hyōchū/tsurara (icicle)
• 氷室 himuro (ice house)
• 流氷 ryūhyō (drift ice)
• 薄氷 hakuhyō/usugōri (thin ice)

See also

• アイス ‎(aisu)

References

1. Source: EDICT and KANJIDIC files licensed by the Electronic Dictionaries Research Group.

• Minamoto, Shitagō; Kyōto Daigaku Bungakubu Kokugogaku Kokubungaku Kenkyūshitu (931–938) Shohon Shūsei Wamyō Ruijushō: Honbunhen (in Japanese), Kyōto: Rinsen, ISBN 978-4-653-00507-0, published 1968.

Korean

Hanja

氷 • ‎(bing) (hangeul 빙, revised bing, McCune-Reischauer ping, Yale ping)

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Vietnamese

Han character

氷 (băn, băng, phăng)

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