KumiJi Glyph Explorer › Browse

霜 = 雨 + 相

霜 is a Japanese kanji written with 17 strokes, listed here under the keyword “frost”. It is built from 雨 (rain) and 相 (inter-). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 455.

Keyword
frost
RTK frame
455
Strokes
17
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ソウ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
しも
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
мороз
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
霜 frost

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 雨 rain
  2. 相 inter-

How to find 霜 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “rain” + “inter-”. 霜 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 霜 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.