Memory phrase for the Kanji: 雪


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Meaning snow, snowfall

Pronunciation

xuě

Explanation

Top: rain (= window with cloud and drops ), below: hand /ヨ

Mnemonic


 
Rain that you can hold in your hand is: snow.

Radicals

rainView out of a window into the rain =,=. The upper line is a rain cloud.
handA hand with the forearm at the right and fingers stretched out to the left.
handTraditionally, the radical 58 has the meaning: pig's head, or pig's snout. The trainer always uses it as “hand”, i.e. as a variant of , which shows a hand with the fingers pointing to the left. This often appears to be etymologically justified.
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 Vocabulary

 积雪  jī xuě  accumulation of snow
 曹雪芹  Cáo Xuě qín  Cao Xueqin (c. 1715-c. 1764), accepted author of Dream of Red Mansions
 雪茄  xuě jiā  cigar
 阿拉斯加雪撬犬  Ā lā sī jiā Xuě qiào quǎn  Alaskan Malamute
 阿拉斯加雪撬犬  Ā lā sī jiā Xuě qiào quǎn  
 昭雪  zhāo xuě  to exonerate; to clear (from an accusation); to rehabilitate
 雪崩  xuě bēng  avalanche
 雪碧  xuě bì  Sprite
 冰雪  bīng xuě  ice and snow
 雪白  xuě bái  snow white
 雪花  xuě huā  snowflake
 雪花  xuě huā  

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