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Kanji for Ice
The kanji for “ice” is 氷, read hyou and written in 5 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
氷
ice
Ice; clear, cool and composed.
5 strokes On reading ヒョウ (hyou) Kun reading こおり、ひ、こおる (koori, hi, kooru) JLPT N2
Dictionary meanings: icicle, ice, hail, freeze, congeal
Readings used for names on Nazuke: hi, hyou
In Japan it appears in about 62 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, mostly in girls’ names.
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