Memory phrase for the character: 雪

雪

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Meaning

snow, snowfall

Pronunciation

 xuě

Explanation

 Top: rain 雨 (= window 冂 with cloud 一 and drops 丶丶), below: hand /ヨ

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

Radicals

雨 rainView out of a window 冂 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.
彐 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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