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Frost Rain Freezing Tree 霜 ソウ しも 霜(しも

Kanji
Onyomi ソウ
Kunyomi しも
English frost
Examples 霜(しも): frost
JLPT Level 1
Jouyou Grade S
Frequency 2151
Components 雨: rain
相: inter-; mutual; together; each other; minister of state; councillor; aspect; phase; physiognomy
Number of Strokes 17
Kanji Radical
Radical Number 173
Radical Strokes 8
Radical Reading あめ・あめかんむり・あまかんむり
Traditional Form (none)
Classification 形声 Phonetic
Keyword frost
Koohii Story 1 FROST is kind of an inter-weather, phenomenon, something between rain, snow and freezing temp’s.
Koohii Story 2 The freezing RAIN formed FROST on the TREE right before your EYES. If you want, frost-y then think Frost Tree to get to the mnemonic. SECOND STORY: FROSTY the snowman? It´s RAIN that FROSTS that can then INTER-act with the kids, till he melts of course.
RTK Index (new) 455

Tags: jlpt.n1, grades, kanjifreq2001-2500, kanji_nature_weather

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