Japanese

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Kanji in this term
ろく
Grade: 1
へん
Grade: 4
こう
Grade: 4
goon
Alternative spelling
六邊香 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

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(six) +‎ (side) +‎ (scent), because snowflakes look like six-petaled flowers.

Noun

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(ろく)(へん)(こう) (rokuhenkō

  1. (literary) Synonym of (yuki, snow) (precipitation)
    Synonyms: 六つの花 (mutsu no hana), 六出 (rikushutsu), 六花 (rikka)

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