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氷 = 水 + 丶

氷 is a Japanese kanji written with 5 strokes, listed here under the keyword “icicle”. It is built from 水 (water) and 丶 (dot). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 138.

Keyword
icicle
RTK frame
138
Strokes
5
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ヒョウ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
こおり, ひ, こお.る
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
сосулька
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
氷 ice

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 水 water
  2. 丶 dot

How to find 氷 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “water” + “dot”. 氷 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 氷 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.