Keyword
frost
- frozen
- crystallized
- candied
- Frequency
- #2645
- Strokes
- 17
Readings
shuāng
Mnemonic
雨 (rain) gives the meaning and 相 the sound.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in characters
Used in vocabulary
霜
frost; white powder or cream spread over a surface; frosting; (skin) cream
雪上加霜
(idiom) to make matters even worse; to add insult to injury
防晒霜
suntan lotion; sunscreen cream
面霜
facial cream (cosmetics)
砒霜
white arsenic; arsenic trioxide As2O3
眼霜
eye cream
无霜期
frost-free period
霜花
frost forming a pattern on a surface; rime
风霜
wind and frost; fig. hardships
霜冻
frost; frost damage (to crop)
冰霜
(literary) ice formed in freezing weather as frost or icicles etc (often used as a metaphor for moral uprightness, strictness, sternness or aloofness)
糖霜
frosting; icing
霜降
Shuangjiang or Frost Descends, 18th of the 24 solar terms 二十四节气 23rd October-6th November
霜雪
frost and snow; (fig.) snowy white (hair); adversity
冷若冰霜
as cold as ice and frost (idiom, usually of woman); icy manner; frigid
护手霜
hand cream; hand lotion
秋霜
autumn frost; fig. white hair as sign of old age
白霜
hoar frost
霜淇淋
soft ice-cream
结霜
to frost up
饱经风霜
weather-beaten; having experienced the hardships of life
润肤霜
moisturizer
除霜
to defrost; defrosting
霜天
freezing weather; frosty sky