冬

winter

5 strokes. Taught in grade 2. Newspaper frequency rank 1090.

Readings

• ふゆ (kun reading): 冬 (ふゆ) winter; 真冬 (まふゆ) midwinter
• トウ (on reading): 冬季 (とうき) winter season; 冬眠 (とうみん) hibernation

Components

• 夂
• 冫
• 丶 radical dot
• 夂 radical go; winter top
• 攵 radical strike, right-side form of 攴

Kanji containing 冬

• 終 end
• 苳 butterbur
• 柊 holly
• 疼 ache
• 鮗 gizzard shad
• 螽 grasshopper
• 鼕 beating of drums

Words using 冬

• 冬 (ふゆ) winter
• 真冬 (まふゆ) midwinter
• 冬服 (ふゆふく) winter clothing
• 冬休み (ふゆやすみ) winter vacation
• 冬物 (ふゆもの) winter clothing
• 冬季 (とうき) winter season
• 冬眠 (とうみん) hibernation
• 越冬 (えっとう) passing the winter
• 冬季オリンピック (とうきオリンピック) Winter Olympics
• 冬至 (とうじ) winter solstice
• 忍冬 (スイカズラ) Japanese honeysuckle (Lonicera japonica)
• 冬青 (そよご) longstalk holly (Ilex pedunculosa)
• 冬菇 (どんこ) donko (shiitake variety)
• 春夏冬 (あきない) not getting tired (of something)
• 糸冬 (おわり) end

116 words in all.

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