Moto 霜: FrostKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- ソウ
- Kun'yomi
- しも
- Level
- JLPT N1Jōyō, secondary school
- Words
- 53 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (ソウ)
- 幾星霜いくせいそうmany months and years
- 星霜せいそうyears; time
- 春霜しゅんそうspring frost
- 樹霜じゅそうair hoar; air frost
- 秋霜しゅうそうautumn frost; fall frost
- 秋霜烈日しゅうそうれつじつharshness; severity
- 貴霜きそうKushan (dynasty of India, approx. 60-375 CE)
- 貴霜朝きそうちょうKushan dynasty (of India, approx. 60-375 CE)
- 降霜こうそうfrost formation; frost
- 除霜じょそうdefrosting
- 霜剣そうけんcold sharp sword; blade of ice
- 霜害そうがいfrost damage
- 霜雪そうせつfrost and snow
- 霜露そうろfrost and dew
- 霜髪そうはつfrost-white hair
- 風霜ふうそうwind and frost; hardships
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 霜しもfrost
- 霜降りしもふりspeckled with white; salt-and-pepper (pattern, fabric, etc.)
- 初霜はつしもfirst frost of the year
- 初霜月はつしもづきtenth lunar month
- 別れ霜わかれじもlate frost; frost in late spring
- 忘れ霜わすれじもlate frost; frost in late spring
- 早霜はやじもearly frost
- 朝霜あさしもmorning frost
- 水霜みずじもfrozen dew (at the end of autumn)
- 遅霜おそじもlate spring frost
- 霜が降りるしもがおりるto become frosted; to become frosty
- 霜よけしもよけcovering which protects against frost
- 霜を置いたしもをおいたgray; grey
- 霜取りしもとりdefrost; defrosting
- 霜囲いしもがこいcovering which protects against frost
- 霜夜しもよfrosty night
- 霜月しもつきeleventh month of the lunar calendar
- 霜朝しもあさfrosty morning
- 霜枯れしもがれnipped by frost; bleak
- 霜枯れるしもがれるto be withered or nipped by frost
- 霜枯れ時しもがれどきwinter (season); slack or off season
- 霜柱しもばしらfrost columns; ice needles
- 霜焼けしもやけfrostbite; chilblains
- 霜解けしもどけthaw; thawing
- 霜降り作りしもふりづくりfish, chicken, shellfish, etc. blanched by exposure to boiling and then icy water
- 霜降り月しもふりづきeleventh lunar month
- 霜降り肉しもふりにくmarbled meat (esp. beef)
- 霜降り造りしもふりづくりfish, chicken, shellfish, etc. blanched by exposure to boiling and then icy water
- 霜除けしもよけcovering which protects against frost
- 露霜つゆじもfrozen dew
Other readings
- 大霜降枝尺おおしもふりえだしゃくpeppered moth (Biston betularia)
- 晩霜おそじもlate spring frost
- 霜焼しもやけfrostbite; chilblains
- 霜降しもふりspeckled with white; salt-and-pepper (pattern, fabric, etc.)
- 霜降作りしもふりづくりfish, chicken, shellfish, etc. blanched by exposure to boiling and then icy water
- 霜降月しもふりづきeleventh lunar month
- 霜降造りしもふりづくりfish, chicken, shellfish, etc. blanched by exposure to boiling and then icy water
Kanji that often appear with 霜
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