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降雪

降雪

Chinese

 
surrender; to drop; to fall; to come down; to descend
snow
simp. and trad.
(降雪)

Noun

降雪

  1. snowfall, snow

Verb

降雪

  1. to snow

Japanese

Kanji in this term
こう
Grade: 6
せつ
Grade: 2
on'yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese compound 降雪 (kæwngH sjwet, literally descending snow).

Pronunciation

Noun

降雪 (hiragana こうせつ, romaji kōsetsu, historical hiragana かうせつ)

  1. falling snow
  2. snowfall, either as an instance of falling of snow, or as the accumulated snow itself

Verb

降雪する (hiragana こうせつする, romaji kōsetsu suru, historical hiragana かうせつする)

  1. to fall (said of snow), to have a snowfall

Conjugation

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

降雪 (gangseol) (hangeul 강설)

  1. Hanja form? of 강설, “falling snow; snowfall”.