雪
See also: 𩁿
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TranslingualEdit
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Han characterEdit
雪 (radical 173, 雨+3, 11 strokes, cangjie input 一月尸一 (MBSM), four-corner 10177 or 10174, composition ⿱雨彐(GJ) or ⿱雨⿻コ一(HTK))
Derived charactersEdit
ReferencesEdit
- KangXi: page 1371, character 29
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 42216
- Dae Jaweon: page 1878, character 7
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 4058, character 4
- Unihan data for U+96EA
ChineseEdit
| simp. and trad. |
雪 | |
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| variant forms | 䨮 ancient form ⿱⻗慧 彐 second round simplified | |
Glyph originEdit
| Historical forms of the character 雪 | ||
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| Shang | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Oracle bone script | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
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| 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, OC *sqʰʷed): semantic ⻗ + phonetic 彗 (OC *sɢʷeds, *ɢʷeds, *sɢʷids).
EtymologyEdit
Starostin compared this with Tibetan སད (sad, “frost, cold air, cold, coldness”). This may be unlikely considering the phonetic part of this character.
PronunciationEdit
DefinitionsEdit
雪
- snow
- 下雪 ― xiàxuě ― to snow
- to wipe away; to clean
- (Cantonese) ice; product containing ice
- (Cantonese) to store in the refrigerator
CompoundsEdit
Derived terms from 雪
ReferencesEdit
- Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A04469
- Multi-function Chinese Character Database (漢語多功能字庫)
JapaneseEdit
KanjiEdit
雪
ReadingsEdit
- Go-on: せち (sechi)
- Kan-on: せつ (setsu, Jōyō)
- Kun: ゆき (yuki, 雪, Jōyō); すすぐ (susugu, 雪ぐ); そそぐ (sosogu, 雪ぐ)
- Nanori: ぶき (buki); せ (se); きよ (kiyo); きよみ (kiyomi); まよむ (mayomu); そそぐ (sosogu)
CompoundsEdit
Compounds
- 雪辱 (setsujoku): vindication, revenge
- 雪崩 (nadare): snow avalanche
- 初雪 (hatsuyuki): first snow (of the winter season)
- 雪女 (yuki onna): snow woman, snow fairy
- 雪原 (setsugen): snow field
EtymologyEdit
| Kanji in this term |
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| 雪 |
| ゆき Grade: 2 |
| kun’yomi |
⟨yuki1⟩ → /juki/
From Old Japanese. Used in the Man'yōshū, completed some time after 759 CE.[1]
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
- snow
- 931–938, Wamyō Ruijushō, book 1, page 27-28:[3]
- 雪 [...] 和名由岐、日本紀私記云、泡雪阿和由岐、其弱如水沫故云沫雪也
- 931–938, Wamyō Ruijushō, book 1, page 27-28:[3]
- (metaphoric) white hair
- cod (fish) (from an abbreviation of the standard kanji for cod, 鱈)
SynonymsEdit
- (snow): (rare) 玉塵 (gyokujin)
ReferencesEdit
- ^ c. 759, Man'yōshū (book 5, poem 822), text here
- ^ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ Minamoto, Shitagō; Kyōto Daigaku Bungakubu Kokugogaku Kokubungaku Kenkyūshitu (931–938) Shohon Shūsei Wamyō Ruijushō: Honbunhen (in Japanese), Kyōto: Rinsen, published 1968, →ISBN.