氷

See also: 冰 and 永

氷	U+6C37, 氷 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6C37

← 氶
[U+6C36]

CJK Unified Ideographs

永 →
[U+6C38]

Translingual

Stroke order

Traditional	冰
Simplified	冰
Japanese	氷
Korean	氷

Alternative forms

冫 (when used as a left Chinese radical)

Han character

氷 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+1, 5 strokes, cangjie input 戈水 (IE), four-corner 3223₀, composition ⿽水丶)

Derived characters

Appendix:Chinese radical/冫
𭇛, 𬇟, 𤝣, 𣐚, 砯, 𬵌, 𬦋, 𫑌, 𬩏

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 603, character 3
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17087
Dae Jaweon: page 996, character 3
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1546, character 4
Unihan data for U+6C37

Usage notes

This character is listed as the unorthodox form (俗字) of 冰 in the Kangxi dictionary.

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 氷 – see 冰 (“ice; ice-cold; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 冰).

Japanese

Kanji

氷

(Third grade kyōiku kanji)

Readings

Go-on: ひょう (hyō, Jōyō)^{←ひよう (fyou, historical)}
Kan-on: ひょう (hyō, Jōyō)^{←ひよう (fyou, historical)}
Kun: こおり (kōri, 氷, Jōyō)^{←こほり (kofori, 氷, historical)}、ひ (hi, 氷, Jōyō)^{←ひ (fi, 氷, historical)}、こおる (kōru, 氷る)^{←こほる (koforu, 氷る, historical)}
Nanori: きよ (kiyo)、すい (sui)

Compounds

氷柱(つらら) (tsurara, “icicle”)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
氷
こおり Grade: 3
kun'yomi

Alternative spellings
凍り冰 (uncommon)

Japanese Wikipedia has an article on:

氷

Wikipedia ^ja

English Wikipedia has an article on:

Ice

Wikipedia

⟨ko₂pori⟩ → */kəpori/ → /koɸori/ → /kowori/ → /koːri/

From Old Japanese.

The 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of verb 凍る (kōru, “to freeze”).^[1]

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) こおり [kòórí] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ko̞ːɾʲi]

Noun

氷(こおり) • (kōri) ^{←こほり (kofori)^?}

ice (frozen water)
- 938, Minamoto no Shitagō, Wamyō Ruijushō, volume 1, page 46:
  ^[2]
  氷　四聲字苑云：「水寒凍結也。」筆凌反［和名：比又古保利］
  Ice - according to the Sisheng Ziyuan: cold water, frozen and solidified. (Chinese fanqie: 筆凌; Japanese name: hi or kōri)
a cold and sharp object, as a shard of ice
Short for 氷水 (kōrimizu): ice water; water filled with ice
Short for 氷襲 (kōrigasane): layered clothing with the front shining white and plain white at the back

Derived terms

Proper noun

氷(こおり) • (Kōri) ^{←こほり (Kofori)^?}

a female given name
a surname

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
氷
ひ Grade: 3
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
冰 (uncommon)

⟨pi₁⟩ → */pʲi/ → /ɸi/ → /hi/

From Old Japanese. Attested in the Man'yōshū of circa 759 CE.^[3]

Possibly cognate with 冷える (hieru, “to become cold”).

Compare Middle Chinese 冰 (MC ping).

Noun

氷(ひ) • (hi)

ice (frozen water)
Synonym: アイス (aisu)
- 938, Minamoto no Shitagō, Wamyō Ruijushō, volume 1, page 46:
  ^[2]
  氷　四聲字苑云：「水寒凍結也。」筆凌反［和名：比又古保利］
  Ice - according to the Sisheng Ziyuan: cold water, frozen and solidified. (Chinese fanqie: 筆凌; Japanese name: hi or kōri)
hail (precipitated ice)
Synonym: 雹 (hyō)

Derived terms

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
氷
ひょう Grade: 3
on'yomi

From Middle Chinese 冰 (MC ping).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ço̞ː]

Affix

氷(ひょう) • (hyō)

Derived terms

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Minamoto, Shitagō with Kyōto Daigaku Bungakubu Kokugogaku Kokubungaku Kenkyūshitu (931–938) Shohon Shūsei Wamyō Ruijushō: Honbunhen (in Japanese), Kyōto: Rinsen, published 1968, →ISBN.
^ “氷・冰”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎^[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 冰 (MC ping). Recorded as Middle Korean 冰/비ᇰ (ping) (Yale: ping) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

Hanja

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

氷

Wikisource

氷 (eumhun 얼음 빙 (eoreum bing))

hanja form^? of 빙 (“ice”)

Compounds

결빙 (結氷, gyeolbing)
박빙 (薄氷, bakbing)
빙결 (氷結, binggyeol)
빙벽 (氷壁, bingbyeok)
빙붕 (氷棚, bingbung)
빙상 (氷上, bingsang)
빙판 (氷板, bingpan)
빙하 (氷河, bingha)
해빙 (解氷, haebing)
빙수 (氷水, bingsu)

References

국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [2]

Vietnamese

Han character

氷: Hán Nôm readings: băng

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[DJR-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[WMS-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Minamoto, Shitagō with Kyōto Daigaku Bungakubu Kokugogaku Kokubungaku Kenkyūshitu (931–938) Shohon Shūsei Wamyō Ruijushō: Honbunhen (in Japanese), Kyōto: Rinsen, published 1968, →ISBN.

[KDJ2-3] “氷・冰”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎^[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006

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