霜
霜 — Frost
frost
On’yomiソウ (sou)
Kun’yomiしも (shimo)
Stroke order (17 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 霜
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 霜 | しも shimo | frost; white hair; grey hair |
| 霜降り | しもふり shimofuri | speckled with white; salt-and-pepper (pattern, fabric, etc.); marbling (of beef) |
Study notes
霜 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 17 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #2151 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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