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冬 kanji
winter
- JLPT level
- N4 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N5 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 5
- School grade
- Grade 2 (elementary school)
On readings
トウ
Kun readings
ふゆ
Words with 冬
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —上冬tenth month of the lunar calendar
- —杪冬end of winter
- —冬官Ministry of Works (Zhou dynasty China)
- —客冬last winter
- —黄冬twelfth lunar month
- —款冬giant butterbur (Petasites japonicus); Japanese silverleaf (Farfugium japonicum); kerria (Kerria japonica)
- —来冬next winter
- —夏冬summer and winter
- —冬月winter; winter season; winter moon
- —冬天winter sky; wintry weather
- —秋冬autumn and winter; fall and winter
- —冬営winter encampment; going into winter quarters; preparations for winter
- —冬至線Tropic of Capricorn
- —越冬隊wintering party (team)
- —厳冬期coldest period
- —越冬地wintering spot (e.g. of a migrating bird)
- —冬至点winter solstitial point
- —冬瓜子wax gourd seed; winter melon seed
- —天門冬dried Chinese asparagus root
- —冬至粥adzuki bean rice gruel eaten on the day of the winter solstice (to chase away demons that spread contagious diseases)