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冰 is the Japanese Kanji for “ice” or “frost.”
冰 is also the way to write “ice” in old Korean Hanja.
Note: This form is not commonly used anymore in Chinese - though still understood for the most part.
FYI: There was a time when Japan did not have a written language and simply absorbed Chinese characters into their language by meaning. When this occurred around the 5th century, the character shown here was a common but alternate way to write “ice” in Chinese, so it was the one that ended up being absorbed into the Japanese language. Not long after that, a similar thing happened in Korea - although Korea has replaced virtually all of the Chinese characters they once used with the new Hangul writing system.
Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your 氷 search...
Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
氷 冰 see styles |
bīng bing1 ping bin びん |
More info & calligraphy: Ice / Frost(1) (archaism) ice; (2) hail; (1) ice; (2) shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup); (personal name) Bin Ice; chaste. |
氷滑り see styles |
koorisuberi こおりすべり |
More info & calligraphy: Ice Skating |
初氷 see styles |
hatsugoori はつごおり |
first ice of winter |
叢氷 see styles |
souhyou / sohyo そうひょう |
pack ice |
古氷 see styles |
furukoori ふるこおり |
(place-name) Furukoori |
吉氷 see styles |
yoshihi よしひ |
(surname) Yoshihi |
岩氷 see styles |
iwakoori いわこおり |
(place-name) Iwakoori |
整氷 see styles |
seihyou / sehyo せいひょう |
(noun/participle) ice resurfacing; resurfacing a skating rink |
朔氷 see styles |
sakuhi さくひ |
(female given name) Sakuhi |
棚氷 see styles |
tanagoori たなごおり |
ice shelf |
樹氷 see styles |
juhyou / juhyo じゅひょう |
(1) frost on trees; hoarfrost (on trees); (2) frost-covered trees; (female given name) Juhyou |
欠氷 see styles |
kakigoori かきごおり |
shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup); Italian ice; Sno-cone; snow cone |
水氷 see styles |
mizugoori みずごおり |
mixture of ice and water (for keeping fish fresh) |
氷る see styles |
kooru こおる |
(v5r,vi) to freeze; to be frozen over; to congeal |
氷上 see styles |
hyoujou / hyojo ひょうじょう |
(adj-no,n) on (the) ice; (surname) Hyōjō |
氷丘 see styles |
hyoukyuu / hyokyu ひょうきゅう |
ice hummock |
氷人 see styles |
hyoujin / hyojin ひょうじん |
go-between (in marriage) |
氷像 see styles |
hyouzou / hyozo ひょうぞう |
ice sculpture |
氷冠 see styles |
hyoukan / hyokan ひょうかん |
ice cap |
氷冴 see styles |
hisae ひさえ |
(female given name) Hisae |
氷刃 see styles |
hyoujin / hyojin ひょうじん |
sharp, glistening sword; (female given name) Hime |
氷原 see styles |
hyougen / hyogen ひょうげん |
ice field; ice floe |
氷取 see styles |
kooritori こおりとり |
(place-name) Kooritori |
氷口 see styles |
sugaguchi すがぐち |
(place-name) Sugaguchi |
氷嚢 see styles |
hyounou / hyono ひょうのう |
ice bag; ice pack |
氷坂 see styles |
hisaka ひさか |
(place-name, surname) Hisaka |
氷堀 see styles |
nagahori ながほり |
(surname) Nagahori |
氷塊 see styles |
hyoukai / hyokai ひょうかい |
lump of ice; block of ice; ice floe |
氷塔 see styles |
hyoutou / hyoto ひょうとう |
serac |
氷塘 see styles |
nagatomo ながとも |
(surname) Nagatomo |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
Ice Frost | 冰 氷 | koori / kori | bīng / bing1 / bing | ping |
Ice Skating | 氷滑り | koorisuberi korisuberi | ||
In some entries above you will see that characters have different versions above and below a line. In these cases, the characters above the line are Traditional Chinese, while the ones below are Simplified Chinese. |
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Professional calligraphers are getting to be hard to find these days.
Instead of drawing characters by hand, the new generation in China merely type roman letters into their computer keyboards and pick the character that they want from a list that pops up.
There is some fear that true Chinese calligraphy may become a lost art in the coming years. Many art institutes in China are now promoting calligraphy programs in hopes of keeping this unique form
of art alive.
Even with the teachings of a top-ranked calligrapher in China, my calligraphy will never be good enough to sell. I will leave that to the experts.
The same calligrapher who gave me those lessons also attracted a crowd of thousands and a TV crew as he created characters over 6-feet high. He happens to be ranked as one of the top 100 calligraphers in all of China. He is also one of very few that would actually attempt such a feat.
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