Wiktionary

雪

See also: 𩁿
雪 U+96EA, 雪
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-96EA
← 雩
[U+96E9] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 雫 →
[U+96EB]

Translingual edit

Stroke order
 

Han character edit

雪 (Kangxi radical 173, 雨+3, 11 strokes, cangjie input 一月尸一 (MBSM), four-corner 10177 or 10174, composition ⿱⻗𫜹(GJ) or ⿱⻗⺕(HTK))

Derived characters edit

References edit

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1371, character 29
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 42216
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1878, character 7
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4058, character 4
  • Unihan data for U+96EA

Chinese edit

trad. 雪
simp. # 雪
2nd round simp. 𫜹
alternative forms 䨮 ancient
⿱⻗慧

Glyph origin edit

Historical forms of the character 雪
Shang Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
     
Characters in the same phonetic series (彗) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
櫘 *sqʰʷeds
彗 *sɢʷeds, *ɢʷeds, *sɢʷids
篲 *sɢʷeds
鏏 *sɢʷeds
槥 *sɢʷeds, *ɢʷeds
轊 *sɢʷeds, *ɢʷeds
熭 *ɢʷeds, *ɢʷad
嘒 *qʰʷeːds
暳 *qʰʷeːds
嚖 *qʰʷeds
慧 *ɡʷeːds
蔧 *sɢʷids
雪 *sqʰʷed

Ancient simplification of 䨮, which is in turn phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *sqʰʷed) : semantic 雨 + phonetic 彗 (OC *sɢʷeds, *ɢʷeds, *sɢʷids).

Etymology edit

Schuessler (2007) considers this to be related to Kra-Dai words: Proto-Tai *hnəiᴬ¹ (“snow”), Proto-Kam-Sui *ʔnuːi¹ (“snow”).

Starostin reconstructs Proto-Sino-Tibetan *suăt (“snow”), comparing this with Tibetan སད (sad, “frost, cold air, cold, coldness”), but this connection may be unlikely considering the phonetic part of this character.

Pronunciation edit

Note:
  • serh/seh - vernacular;
  • soat - literary.
Note:
  • soi7 - vernacular;
  • seg4 - literary.
Rime
Character 雪
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 心 (16)
Final (韻) 仙 (82)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) III
Fanqie 相絕切
Baxter sjwet
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/siuᴇt̚/
Pan
Wuyun 		/sʷiɛt̚/
Shao
Rongfen 		/sjuæt̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/swiat̚/
Li
Rong 		/siuɛt̚/
Wang
Li 		/sĭuɛt̚/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/si̯wɛt̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		xue
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		syut3
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 雪
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		xuě
Middle
Chinese 		‹ sjwet ›
Old
Chinese 		/*[s]ot/
English snow

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 雪
Reading # 1/1
No. 5477
Phonetic
component 		彗
Rime
group 		月
Rime
subdivision 		2
Corresponding
MC rime 		雪
Old
Chinese 		/*sqʰʷed/

Definitions edit

雪

  1. snow
    下雪  ―  xiàxuě  ―  to snow
  2. † to snow
  3. to wipe away; to clean
  4. (dialectal) ice; product containing ice
  5. (Cantonese) to refrigerate; to store in the refrigerator
  6. (Cantonese, figuratively) to set aside; to shelve
  7. (Malaysia, Singapore) Short for 雪蘭莪／雪兰莪 (Xuělán'é, “Selangor”).
  8. a surname: Xue

Synonyms edit

  • (snow):
Dialectal synonyms of 雪 (“snow”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 雪
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 雪
Mandarin Beijing 雪
Taiwan 雪
Jinan 雪
Xi'an 雪
Wuhan 雪
Chengdu 雪
Guilin 雪
Yangzhou 雪
Hefei 雪
Cantonese Guangzhou 雪
Hong Kong 雪
Yangjiang 雪
Sanya (Yanglan Maihua) 雪
Gan Nanchang 雪
Hakka Meixian 雪
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 雪
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 雪
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 雪
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 雪
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 雪
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 雪
Jin Taiyuan 雪
Northern Min Jian'ou 雪
Eastern Min Fuzhou 雪
Southern Min Xiamen 雪
Guilin (Biyange) 雪
Chaozhou 雪
Shantou 雪
Jieyang 雪
Pontianak (Teochew) 雪
Xiang Changsha 雪
Shuangfeng 雪
  • (to snow):
Dialectal synonyms of 下雪 (“to snow”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 雨雪, 雪
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 下雪, 降雪
Mandarin Beijing 下雪
Taiwan 下雪
Tianjin 下雪
Tangshan 下雪, 落雪
Cangzhou 下雪
Xianxian (Xiaoying) 下雪
Shijiazhuang 下雪
Ulanhot 下雪
Tongliao 下雪
Chifeng 下雪
Bayanhot 下雪, 飄雪
Hulunbuir (Hailar) 下雪
Harbin 下雪
Shenyang 下雪
Yantai (Muping) 下雪
Qingdao 下雪
Jinan 下雪, 落雪
Luoyang 下雪, 落雪
Wanrong 下雪
Zhengzhou 下雪
Xi'an 下雪
Yinchuan 下雪
Lanzhou 下雪
Xining 下雪
Ürümqi 下雪
Wuhan 下雪, 落雪
Huanggang 落雪
Chengdu 下雪, 落雪
Chongqing 落雪
Guiyang 下雪
Kunming 下雪
Guilin 下雪
Guilin (Lingui) 下雪
Liuzhou 下雪
Liuzhou (Luorong) 下雪
Xuzhou 下雪
Yangzhou 下雪
Nanjing 下雪
Hefei 下雪
Nantong 落雪
Qimen (Anling Junhua) 落雪, 下雪
Singapore 下雪
Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) 下雪
Dagudi (Maliba) 下雪
Reshuitang (Longling) 下雪
Mae Salong (Lancang) 下雪
Mae Sai (Tengchong) 下雪
Oudomxay 下雪
Cantonese Guangzhou 落雪
Hong Kong 落雪
Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) 降雪
Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) 落雪
Hong Kong (Ting Kok) 落雪
Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) 落雪
Macau 落雪
Guangzhou (Panyu) 落雪
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) 落雪
Guangzhou (Conghua) 落雪
Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 落雪
Foshan 落雪
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) 落雪
Foshan (Shunde) 落雪
Foshan (Sanshui) 落雪
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 落雪
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 落雪
Zhongshan (Chongkoumen Tanka) 落雪
Zhuhai (Qianshan) 落雪
Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka) 落雪
Zhuhai (Doumen) 落雪
Jiangmen (Baisha) 落雪
Jiangmen (Xinhui) 落雪
Taishan 落雪
Taishan (Guanghai) 下雪, 落雪
Kaiping (Chikan) 落雪
Enping (Niujiang) 落雪
Heshan (Yayao) 落雪
Dongguan 落雪
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) 落雪
Shaoguan 落雪
Yunfu 落雪
Yangjiang 落雪
Xinyi 落雪
Lianjiang 落雪
Nanning 落雪
Guiping 落雪
Mengshan (Xihe) 落雪
Guigang (Nanjiang) 落雪
Beiliu 落雪
Beiliu (Tangliao) 落雪
Baise 落雪
Bobai 落雪
Lingshan 落雪
Pubei 落雪
Qinzhou 落雪
Beihai 落雪
Ningming 落雪
Hengzhou 落雪
Hezhou (Pumen) 落雪
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 落雪
Sarikei (Xinhui) 落雪
Singapore (Guangfu) 落雪
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) 落雪
Mandalay (Taishan) 下雪
Gan Nanchang 落雪
Poyang 落雪
Yugan 落雪
Wannian 落雪
Yiyang, Jiangxi 落雪
Hengfeng 落雪
Yanshan 落雪
Lichuan 落雪
Pingxiang 落雪
Hakka Meixian 落雪
Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) 落雪
Dongguan (Qingxi) 落雪
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 落雪
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 落雪
Wuhua (Shuizhai) 落雪
Wuhua (Huacheng) 落雪
Wuhua (Changbu) 落雪
Wuhua (Mianyang) 落雪
Conghua (Lütian) 落雪
Jiexi 落雪
Luhe 落雪
Liancheng (Peitian) 落雪
Yudu 落雪
Shicheng 落雪
Shangyou (Shexi) 落雪
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 落雪
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 落雪
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 落雪
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 落雪
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 落雪
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 落雪
Hong Kong 落雪
Beiliu (Tang'an) 落雪
Xingye (Gaofeng) 落雪
Mashan (Pianlian) 落雪
Sabah (Longchuan) 落雪
Senai (Huiyang) 落雪
Singkawang 落雪
Bangkok (Meixian) 落雪
Huizhou Jixi 落雪
Shexian 落雪
Tunxi 落雪
Xiuning 落雪
Yixian 落雪
Qimen 落雪
Qimen (Anling Minhua) 落雪
Wuyuan 落雪
Dexing 落雪
Jin Taiyuan 下雪
Pingyao 下雪
Datong 下雪
Datong (Xicetian, Yunzhou) 下雪
Xinzhou 下雪
Changzhi 下雪
Taibus (Baochang) 下雪
Linhe 下雪
Jining 下雪
Hohhot 下雪
Baotou 下雪
Dongsheng 下雪
Haibowan 下雪
Zhangjiakou 下雪
Handan 下雪
Northern Min Jian'ou 落雪
Jian'ou (Dikou) 落雪
Zhenghe (Zhenqian) 落雪
Pucheng (Shibei) 落雪
Eastern Min Fuzhou 盪雪, 落雪
Fuqing 落雪
Matsu 落雪
Southern Min Xiamen 落雪
Quanzhou 落雪
Zhangzhou 落雪
Taipei 落雪 GT
Penang (Hokkien) 落霜
Singapore (Hokkien) 落雪
Manila (Hokkien) 落雪
Pingnan (Shangdu) 落雪
Guilin (Biyange) 落雪
Chaozhou 落雪
Shantou 落雪
Shantou (Chenghai) 落雪
Jieyang 落雪
Johor Bahru (Teochew) 落雪
Singapore (Teochew) 落雪
Pontianak (Teochew) 落雪
Leizhou 落雪
Haikou 落雪
Zhongshan Min Shaxi (Longdu) 落雪
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 落雪
Nanning (Shajing) 落雪
Binyang (Xinqiao) 落雪
Northern Pinghua Guilin (Chaoyang) 落雪
Guilin (Zhuyuan) 下雪
Guilin (Wutong, Lingui) 下雪, 落雪
Lingchuan (Tanxia) 下雪
Yangshuo (Jima) 下雪
Wu Shanghai 落雪
Shanghai (Chongming) 落雪
Suzhou 落雪
Danyang 落雪
Hangzhou 落雪
Ningbo 落雪
Wenzhou 落雪
Jinhua 落雪
Shangrao 落雪
Shangrao (Guangfeng) 落雪
Yushan 落雪
Xiang Changsha 落雪
Xiangtan 落雪
Loudi 落雪
Shuangfeng 落雪
Quanzhou 落雪
Guanyang (Wenshi) 落雪
Qinglong (Changliu Laba Miao) 落雪
Note GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)
  • (to wipe away): 洗刷 (xǐshuā)
  • (ice):
Dialectal synonyms of 冰 (“ice”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 冰, 凌
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 冰
Mandarin Beijing 冰
Taiwan 冰
Tianjin 冰
Tangshan 冰
Cangzhou 冰
Xianxian (Xiaoying) 凌
Baoding 冰
Shijiazhuang 冰
Chifeng 冰, 冰冰
Hulunbuir (Hailar) 冰
Harbin 冰
Wuchang (Yingchengzi) 冰
Shenyang 冰, 凍
Yantai (Muping) 冰
Qingdao 冰
Weifang (Weicheng) 凍凍
Weifang (Fangzi) 凍凍
Weifang (Hanting) 凍凍
Changyi 凍凍
Gaomi 凍凍
Zhucheng 凍凍
Anqiu 凍凍
Changle 凍凍
Linqu 凍凍
Qingzhou 凍凍
Shouguang 凍凍
Rizhao 凍凍
Wulian 凍凍
Jinan 冰, 凍凍
Luoyang 冰, 冰凌
Wanrong 冬凌
Zhengzhou 冰
Xi'an 冰
Dingbian 冰
Yinchuan 冰
Lanzhou 冰, 凍
Xining 冰
Ürümqi 冰
Wuhan 凌, 凌冰, 冰, 凍
Hong'an 凌冰
Chengdu 冰, 凌冰, 凌冰兒
Muli 凌冰子
Chongqing 冰, 凌冰兒
Guiyang 冰, 凌冰 in nature
Kunming 冰凌
Guilin 冰
Pingle 冰
Liuzhou 冰
Luzhai 冰
Nanning (Wuming) 冰
Binyang (Nanjie) 冰
Yizhou 冰
Luocheng (Dongmen) 冰
Tianlin (Langping) 凝
Xiangzhou (Nalu) 冰
Xuzhou 凍凍, 冰冰, 冰
Yangzhou 冰
Nanjing 冰, 凍
Hefei 冰凍, 冰
Chuzhou 冰凍
Nantong 凍
Qimen (Anling Junhua) 冰凍
Singapore 冰
Reshuitang (Longling) 冰
Mae Salong (Lancang) 冰
Mae Sai (Tengchong) 冰
Oudomxay 冰棒
Olginsky (Mikhaylovka) 冰
Cantonese Guangzhou 雪, 冰
Hong Kong 冰, 雪
Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) 冰
Hong Kong (Ting Kok) 冰
Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) 冰
Zhongshan (Chongkoumen Tanka) 冰, 雪
Taishan 冰
Taishan (Guanghai) 冰, 雪
Dongguan 冰, 雪
Yangjiang 冰
Wuzhou 冰
Yulin 冰
Hepu (Lianzhou) 冰
Hepu (Shatian) 冰
Guiping (Jintian) 冰
Guiping (Jiangkou) 冰
Guiping (Madong) 冰
Beiliu 冰
Baise 冰
Qinzhou 冰
Qinzhou (Changtan) 冰
Qinzhou (Xiniujiao) 冰
Beihai 冰
Beihai (Nankang) 冰
Beihai (Yingpan) 冰
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) 冰
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) 冰
Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) 冰
Chongzuo (Laituan) 冰, 霜 dated
Fusui (Qujiu) 冰, 霜 dated
Lingchuan (Yangjia) 冰
Danzhou 冰
Sanya (Yanglan Maihua) 冰
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 冰
Singapore (Guangfu) 冰
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) 冰
Móng Cái 冰
Yangon (Taishan) 冰
Mandalay (Taishan) 冰
Gan Nanchang 冰, 冰凌
Pengze 凌冰
Yanshan 冰
Lichuan 冰凌
Pingxiang 冰, 凌冰 dated; in nature
Hakka Meixian 凝, 冰
Xingning 凝餅
Huidong (Daling) 凝
Dongguan (Qingxi) 冰
Wuhua (Shuizhai) 冰
Wuhua (Huacheng) 硬凝
Wuhua (Changbu) 凝
Wuhua (Mianyang) 冰
Heyuan (Bendihua) 冰
Wengyuan 冰
Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) 硬凝
Liannan 冰
Jiexi 冰
Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan) 冰
Changting 凌冰
Wuping 凌冰
Wuping (Yanqian) 凌冰
Wuping (Pingyu) 硬凝
Liancheng 凌冰
Liancheng (Peitian) 凌冰
Ninghua 凌冰
Yudu 冰
Ningdu 凌冰
Ruijin 凌冰
Shicheng 凌冰
Shangyou (Shexi) 硬構
Tonggu (Sandu) 凌冰
Ganzhou (Panlong) 凌冰
Dayu 凌冰
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 冰
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 冰
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 冰
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 冰
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 冰
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 冰
Hong Kong 冰
Yangxi (Tangkou) 冰
Yangchun (Sanjia) 冰
Xinyi (Sihe) 雪
Xinyi (Qianpai) 冰
Gaozhou (Xindong) 冰
Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai) 冰
Huazhou (Xin'an) 冰
Lianjiang (Shijiao) 冰
Lianjiang (Qingping) 冰
Mengshan (Xihe) 冰
Luchuan 冰
Bobai (Shahe) 冰
Bobai (Longtan) 冰
Bobai (Lingping) 冰
Beiliu (Gonghe, Xilang) 冰
Xingye (Gaofeng) 冰
Guilin (Xiaojiang, Lingui) 冰
Pingle (Tong'an) 冰
Yangshuo (Jinbao) 冰
Senai (Huiyang) 冰
Singkawang 雪
Pontianak (Meixian) 雪
Huizhou Jixi 冰, 凍冰
Shexian (Xianggao) 冰
Shexian (Daguyun) 冰, 凍冰
Qimen (Anling Minhua) 冰凍
Jin Taiyuan 冰, 冰凌
Datong 冰
Datong (Yunzhou) 冰
Datong (Xicetian, Yunzhou) 冰凌
Xinzhou 冬蠟
Changzhi 冰凌
Linhe 冰
Jining 冰
Hohhot 冰
Handan 冰
Northern Min Jian'ou 冰, 霜冰
Pucheng (Shibei) 冰
Eastern Min Fuzhou 冰
Gutian 冰
Southern Min Xiamen 冰, 霜
Quanzhou 冰, 霜
Zhangzhou 冰, 霜
Tainan 冰
Penang (Hokkien) 霜, 冰
Singapore (Hokkien) 霜, 冰
Manila (Hokkien) 霜
Pingnan (Pingtian) 冰
Guiping (Xiaowen) 冰
Guiping (Dongsheng) 冰
Guilin (Biyange) 冰
Chaozhou 霜, 冰
Shantou 冰
Jieyang 冰
Bangkok (Teochew) 霜水
Phnom Penh (Teochew) 冰霜
Johor Bahru (Teochew) 冰
Singapore (Teochew) 霜
Pontianak (Teochew) 冰
Wenchang 冰
Haikou 冰
Central Min Yong'an 霜冰
Zhongshan Min Shaxi (Longdu) 冰
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 冰
Nanning (Gejiayuan) 冰
Nanning (Zhegulu) 冰
Nanning (Silian) 冰
Nanning (Xiuxiang) 冰
Binyang 冰
Chongzuo (Laituan) 冰
Northern Pinghua Guilin (Wutong, Lingui) 冰
Guilin (Liutang, Lingui) 冰
Lingchuan (Sanjie) 冰
Lingchuan (Gaoqiao) 冰
Guanyang (Guanyinge) 雪
Shehua Fu'an 冰
Fuding 冰
Luoyuan 冰
Sanming 冰
Shunchang 冰
Hua'an 冰
Guixi (Zhangping) 冰
Cangnan 冰
Jingning 冰
Lishui 冰
Longyou 冰
Chaozhou 冰
Fengshun 雪
Waxiang Guzhang (Gaofeng) 涼槓
Luxi (Liangjiatan) 凝鉤子
Wu Shanghai 冰
Shanghai (Chongming) 冰
Shanghai (Shuangcaodun, Baoshan) 冰
Shanghai (Luodian, Baoshan) 冰
Shanghai (Zhoupu, Pudong) 冰
Shanghai (Songjiang) 冰
Suzhou 冰
Suzhou (Lili, Wujiang) 冰
Suzhou (Shengze, Wujiang) 冰
Wuxi 冰
Changshu 冰, 冰凍
Kunshan 冰
Jiaxing 冰
Changzhou 冰, 結冰
Liyang 冰
Yixing 冰
Danyang 冰, 凍
Danyang (Tongjiaqiao) 冰
Jingjiang 冰
Jiangyin 冰
Huzhou (Shuanglin) 冰
Hangzhou 冰
Hangzhou (Fuyang) 冰
Shaoxing 冰
Zhuji (Wangjiajing) 冰凍
Shengzhou (Chongren) 冰
Shengzhou (Taiping) 冰
Ningbo 冰
Yuyao 冰
Huangyan 冰
Wenzhou 冰, 霜冰 in nature
Quzhou 冰
Jinhua 冰
Jinhua (Tangxi) 冰
Yongkang 冰
Xiang Changsha 凌, 凌冰 in nature
Xiangxiang 冰
Xiangxiang (Meiqiao) 凌構子
Shuangfeng 構冷子
Hengshan 冰
Hengshan (Baiguo) 冰
Qinglong (Changliu Laba Miao) 冰, 凌, 凌構

Compounds edit

Descendants edit

Sino-Xenic (雪):
  • → Korean: 설(雪) (seol)
  • → Vietnamese: tuyết (雪)

Others:

References edit

Japanese edit

Shinjitai 雪
Kyūjitai
[1]
雪󠄁
雪+&#xE0101;?
(Adobe-Japan1) 		 
雪󠄃
雪+&#xE0103;?
(Hanyo-Denshi)
(Moji_Joho)
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Kanji edit

雪

(grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji)

  1. snow
  2. white as snow
  3. cleanse

Readings edit

Compounds edit

Compounds

Etymology edit

Kanji in this term
雪
ゆき
Grade: 2
kun’yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 雪 – see the following entry.
【ゆき】
[noun] snow
[noun] something white as snow
[noun] white hair
[noun] shaved ice
[noun] small pieces of paper used to imitate snow
[noun] (archaic women's speech) a turnip or daikon
[noun] (archaic women's speech) Abbreviation of 鱈 (tara): a codfish
[noun] a 家紋 (kamon, “family crest”) with various designs of snowflakes
[noun] This term needs a translation to English.
[proper noun] This term needs a translation to English.
[proper noun] a female given name
(This term, 雪, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Pronunciation edit

  • Audio(file)

References edit

  1. ^ Haga, Gōtarō (1914) 漢和大辞書 [The Great Kanji-Japanese Dictionary] (in Japanese), Fourth edition, Tōkyō: Kōbunsha, →DOI, page 2270 (paper), page 1187 (digital)

Korean edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Chinese 雪 (MC sjwet).

Historical Readings
Dongguk Jeongun Reading
Dongguk Jeongun, 1448 ᄉᆑᇙ〮 (Yale: syyélq)
Middle Korean
Text Eumhun
Gloss (hun) Reading
Hunmong Jahoe, 1527[2] 눈〯 (Yale: nwǔn) 셜〮 (Yale: syél)

Pronunciation edit

Hanja edit

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

Wikisource

雪 (eumhun 눈 설 (nun seol))

  1. Hanja form? of 설 (“snow”). [affix]

Compounds edit

Compounds

References edit

  • 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [3]

Okinawan edit

Kanji edit

雪

(grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji)

  1. hail
  2. snow

Readings edit

Etymology edit

Kanji in this term
雪
ゆち
Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Cognate with Japanese 雪 (yuki, “snow”).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

雪(ゆち) (yuchi) 

  1. hail
  2. snow

References edit

  • “ゆち【雪】” in JLect - Japonic Languages and Dialects Database Dictionary, 2019.

Old Japanese edit

Etymology 1 edit

Found in the Man'yōshū, completed some time after 759 CE.

Reconstructed by some as deriving from Proto-Japonic *yoki.

Noun edit

雪 (yuki1) (kana ゆき)

  1. snow
    • c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 5, poem 822:
      , text here
      和何則能尓 宇米能波奈知流 比佐可多能 阿米欲里由吉能 那何列久流加母
      wa ga so2no2 ni ume2 no2 pana tiru pi1sakata no2 ame2 yo1ri yuki1 no2 nagarekuru ka mo
      In my garden, the plum blossoms fall, as if snow were streaming down from the [eternal?] heavens.
Derived terms edit
Derived terms
Descendants edit
  • Japanese: 雪 (yuki)
See also edit

Etymology 2 edit

Found once in the Man'yōshū in a so-called 東歌 (Azuma uta, literally “eastern song”) in the eastern dialect of Old Japanese.

Probably a misspelling of original ⟨yo1ki1⟩, given the Western and modern reflexes. Compare 夜 (yo1 → yu, “night”).

Noun edit

雪 (yo2ki1) (kana よき)

  1. (regional, Eastern Old Japanese) snow
    • c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 14, poem 3423:
      , text here
      可美都氣努 伊可抱乃祢呂尓 布路与伎能 遊吉須宜可提奴 伊毛賀伊敝乃安多里
      Kami1tuke2no1 Ikapo no2 nero2 ni puro1 yo2ki1 no2 yuki1sugi2katenu imo ga ipe1 no2 atari
      Like in Kamitsukeno, on the peak of Ikaho, the falling snow: impassible, near my girl's house

Vietnamese edit

Han character edit

雪: Hán Việt readings: tuyết[1][2][3][4][5][6]

  1. chữ Hán form of tuyết (“snow”).

References edit

  1. ^ Nguyễn (2014).
  2. ^ Trần (2004).
  3. ^ Trần (1999).
  4. ^ Vũ (1998).
  5. ^ Nguyễn (1974).
  6. ^ Thiều Chửu (1942).
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