JLPT N1 · 17 strokes
Kanji 霜: "frost"
The kanji 霜 means "frost". It is written with 17 strokes and belongs to JLPT level N1, read ソウ in on'yomi and しも in kun'yomi.
Stroke order
Strokes are written in the order of the numbers. The order is not decorative: it is what gives the character its balance, and it is also how handwriting search works in Japanese dictionaries.
Readings
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ソウ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
しも
In a kun'yomi reading, the dot separates the kanji from its okurigana: かた.る is read かたる and written 語る. A hyphen marks a bound position, like -び in 日.
At a glance
| Meaning | frost |
|---|---|
| Strokes | 17 |
| JLPT level | N1 |
| Taught in Japan | secondary school |
| Frequency rank | 2151 of 2,501 |
Common words with 霜
The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.
- 霜frost · white hair; grey hair; gray hair
- 星霜years; time
- 霜が降りるto have a frost; to get frost; to become frosty; to become covered with frost
- 霜月eleventh month of the lunar calendar
- 霜降りspeckled with white; salt-and-pepper (pattern, fabric, etc.) · marbling (of beef)
- 霜柱frost columns; ice needles
- 霜焼けfrostbite; chilblains
- 霜降り肉marbled meat (esp. beef)
- 霜降"frost descent" solar term (approx. October 23)
- 初霜first frost of the year
- 霜夜frosty night
- 秋霜autumn frost; fall frost · harshness; strictness; rigour
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