Kanji
N1 17 strokes Grade 8 freq #2151

frost

On'yomi (音読み)

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

Radical (部首)

rain ame

Others with this radical

On'yomi compounds (音読み)

many months and years
"frost descent" solar term (approx. October 23)
Kushan dynasty (of India; approx. 60-375 CE)
Kushan (dynasty of India; approx. 60-375 CE)
frozen dew (in late autumn)
cold sharp sword; blade of ice
spring frost
air hoar; air frost
early frost
frost-white hair

Kun'yomi words (訓読み)

frost
speckled with white; salt-and-pepper (pattern, fabric, etc.)
frosty morning
fish, chicken, shellfish, etc. blanched by exposure to boiling and then icy water
peppered moth (Biston betularia)
morning frost
late frost; frost in late spring
eleventh lunar month
tenth lunar month
late frost; frost in late spring

Example sentences

Car windows accumulate frost on winter mornings.

The frost killed all the flowers.

In Japan beef has a high degree of marbled fat.