霜
frost
Readings
On'yomi (音読み)
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
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Information
Grade:8
Strokes:17
JLPT:1
Frequency:2151
Vocabulary
ソウ
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 降霜 | コウソウ | frost formation; frost |
| 星霜 | セイソウ | years; time |
| 霜害 | ソウガイ | frost damage |
| 霜月 | ソウゲツ | eleventh month of the lunar calendar |
| 霜雪 | ソウセツ | frost and snow |
Other
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 霜 | しも | frost; white hair; grey hair; gray hair |
| 霜降り | しもふり | speckled with white; salt-and-pepper (pattern, fabric, etc.); marbling (of beef); (of fish, chicken, shellfish, etc.) blanching by exposure to boiling and then icy water; formation of frost |
| 星霜 | せいぞう | years; time |
| 霜解け | しもどけ | thaw; thawing |
| 霜月 | しもつき | eleventh month of the lunar calendar |
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