六辺香

Japanese

Kanji in this term
六	辺	香
ろく Grade: 1	へん Grade: 4	こう Grade: 4
goon

Alternative spelling
六邊香 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

六 (“six”) +‎ 辺 (“side”) +‎ 香 (“scent”), because snowflakes look like six-petaled flowers.

Noun

六(ろく)辺(へん)香(こう) • (rokuhenkō) 

1. (literary) Synonym of 雪 (yuki, “snow”) (precipitation)

   Synonyms: 六つの花 (mutsu no hana), 六出 (rikushutsu), 六花 (rikka)

See also

• 六(ろっ)辺(ぺん)形(けい) (roppenkei)