Chinese edit

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

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Verb edit

降⫽雪 (verb-object) (intransitive)

  1. to snow

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Noun edit

降雪

  1. snowfall (amount of snow that falls on one occasion)

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Japanese edit

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

Etymology edit

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

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Noun edit

(こう)(せつ) (kōsetsuかうせつ (kausetu)?

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

Verb edit

(こう)(せつ)する (kōsetsu suruかうせつ (kausetu)?suru (stem (こう)(せつ) (kōsetsu shi), past (こう)(せつ)した (kōsetsu shita))

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

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References edit

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006) 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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Hanja in this term

Noun edit

降雪 (gangseol) (hangeul 강설)

  1. Hanja form? of 강설 (falling snow; snowfall).