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Kanji Detail for 霜 - "frost, cold, white"
霜
- Meaning
霜 means "frost, cold, white."
Frost - Frozen water vapor forming ice crystals.
Cold - Low temperature; chilly.
White - The color of frost; pure white.
Years - A poetic term for the passage of time.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
frost
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
frost; crystallized; candied
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
frost; white powder or cream spread over a surface; frosting; (skin) cream
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
frost; frozen, crystallized, candied
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
When water vapor condenses into dew at a temperature below freezing, it forms fine granules and becomes frost. The Book of Odes says: "White dew becomes frost." | Years are called 霜. As in 星霜 (years).
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