# 氷 ice

水 (water) + 丶 (dot)
★★★☆☆
5 strokes

## Onyomi

HYOU | as in, ' HE ONLY eats ice cream'

## Mnemonic

| Like water (水), but with an extra little dot in the upper left side. We will call this little dot a SNOWFLAKE, floating gently down to the surface of an icy lake in winter.

## Kunyomi

こおり | ice ★★★★★

## Jukugo

氷山(ひょうざん) | iceberg ★☆☆☆☆ 氷 (ice) + 山 (mountain) = 氷山 (iceberg)

## Lookalikes

| Meaning | Hint | Radical
--- | --- | --- | ---
氷 | ice | ONE SNOWFLAKE-DOT |
水 | water | NO FLAKES AT ALL |
永 | forever | TWO SNOWFLAKE-DOTS |

Ice has the SNOWFLAKE on top, water doesn't. So you can say, "Water doesn't have a SNOWFLAKE because water is warm."
If it has been icy for ever, there are TWO SNOWFLAKES piled up on top of each other!

## Used In

- 永