霜 shuāng — frost · English

霜

shuāng

frost

At a glance · 霜

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Evolution of the glyph

Five stages, from a sketch of the real object to regular script — tap a stage, drag the timeline, or play the animation.

Object sketchBefore writing · drawing what was seen
Oracle boneShang dynasty · c. 1300–1046 BCE
Seal scriptQin dynasty · 221–206 BCE
Clerical scriptHan dynasty · 206 BCE–220 CE
Regular scriptWei–Jin to Tang · c. 3rd–9th century CE

Object sketchBefore writing · drawing what was seenOracle boneShang dynasty · c. 1300–1046 BCESeal scriptQin dynasty · 221–206 BCEClerical scriptHan dynasty · 206 BCE–220 CERegular scriptWei–Jin to Tang · c. 3rd–9th century CE

⚠ Some ancient forms are not attested：oracle bone form。No excavated oracle bone / seal artifact is attested for this character yet; we leave it blank rather than fabricate.

霜字小篆从雨相声，为形声字；本义为地面水汽遇冷凝结的白霜。甲骨文未见。

What the sketch shows

Origins & notes

霜本义为霜，秋寒所结。

Structure

形声字，上部『雨』为意符表天气现象，下部『相』为声符。

At a glance

Pinyinshuāng

Radical雨

Strokes17

UnicodeU+971C

Character type形声

Theme天文

Six languages, one character

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English frost Shuang is a phonetic-semantic character meaning frost.

Français gelée blanche Shuang est un caractère phonético-sémantique signifiant la gelée blanche.

Español escarcha Shuang es un carácter fonosemántico que significa la escarcha.

العربية صقيع شوانغ حرف صوتي دلالي يعني الصقيع.

Русский иней Шуан — фоносемантический знак, означающий иней.

Common words

霜冻shuāng dòngfrost
冰霜bīng shuāngfrost

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