Onyomi
HYOU
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as in, ' HE ONLY eats ice cream'
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Mnemonic
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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.
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Kunyomi
Jukugo
氷山
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iceberg
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氷 (ice) + 山 (mountain)
= 氷山 (iceberg)
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Lookalikes
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Meaning |
Hint |
Radical |
氷 |
ice |
ONE SNOWFLAKE-DOT |
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水 |
water |
NO FLAKES AT ALL |
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永 |
forever |
TWO SNOWFLAKE-DOTS |
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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!
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