雪

雪 U+96EA, 雪 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-96EA ← 雩 [U+96E9] CJK Unified Ideographs 雫 → [U+96EB]

Stroke order

雪 (Kangxi radical 173, 雨+3, 11 strokes, cangjie input 一月尸一 (MBSM), four-corner 1017₇ or 1017₄, composition ⿱⻗𫜹(GJ) or ⿱⻗⺕(HTK))

• 樰 膤 艝 轌 鱈(鳕)
• 𠽌 𡐅 𡠭 𢳬 𬎅 𫃽 𫟀 𫂪 𠞯 𩅷 𪞵 𬝹 𫕣 𨯎 𤓨 𤍱 𩃏

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1371, character 29
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 42216
• Dae Jaweon: page 1878, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4058, character 4
• Unihan data for U+96EA

trad.		雪
simp. #		雪
2nd round simp.		𫜹
alternative forms		䨮 ancient ⿱⻗慧

Ancient simplification of 䨮, which is in turn phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *sqʰʷed): semantic 雨 (“rain”) + phonetic 彗 (OC *sɢʷeds, *ɢʷeds, *sɢʷids).

Schuessler (2007) considers this to be related to Kra-Dai words: Proto-Tai *hnəiᴬ¹ (“snow”), Proto-Kam-Sui *ʔnuːi¹ (“snow”).

Starostin reconstructs Proto-Sino-Tibetan *suăt (“snow”), comparing this with Tibetan སད (sad, “frost, cold air, cold, coldness”), but this connection may be unlikely considering the phonetic part of this character.

雪

1. snow

   Coordinate term: 雨 (“rain”)

   下雪  ―  xiàxuě  ―  to snow

2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to snow

   • 晚來天欲雪，能飲一杯無？ [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     晚来天欲雪，能饮一杯无？ [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 白居易《問劉十九》

     Wǎn lái tiān yù xuě, néng yǐn yī bēi wú? [Pinyin]

     Night comes and the sky seems like it might snow; could you drink a cup?

3. to wipe away; to clean

   • 朝食後，告辭天只前，則教「以好赴，大雪國辱。」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     朝食后，告辞天只前，则教「以好赴，大雪国辱。」 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 1594, 李舜臣 (Yi Sun-sin), 《亂中日記》 (War Diary of Admiral Yi)

     Zhāoshí hòu, gàocí tiānzhǐ qián, zé jiào “yǐ hǎo fù, dà xuě guó rǔ.” [Pinyin]

     After the morning meal, I said my farewells to Mother. Then she instructed me: "Go well; fully cleanse [the country of this] national humiliation."

4. (dialectal) ice; product containing ice
5. (Cantonese) to refrigerate; to store in the refrigerator
6. (Cantonese, figuratively) to set aside; to shelve
7. (Malaysia, Singapore) short for 雪蘭莪／雪兰莪 (Xuělán'é, “Selangor”)
8. a surname, Xue

• (snow):

• (to snow):

• (to wipe away): 洗刷 (xǐshuā)
• (ice):

• (basic weather words shared by most dialects): 雲／云 (yún, “cloud”), 霧／雾 (wù, “fog, mist”), 風／风 (fēng, “wind”), 雨 (yǔ, “rain”), 雪 (xuě, “snow”), 電／电 (diàn, “lightning”), 雷 (léi, “thunder”), 虹 (hóng, “rainbow”)

Others:

• → Zhuang: siet

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A04469
• “雪”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

• 莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “雪”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 271.

Shinjitai	雪
Kyūjitai [1]	雪󠄁 雪+󠄁? (Adobe-Japan1)
	雪󠄃 雪+󠄃? (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho)
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(Second grade kyōiku kanji)

1. snow
2. white as snow
3. cleanse

• Go-on: せち (sechi)
• Kan-on: せつ (setsu, Jōyō)
• Kun: ゆき (yuki, 雪, Jōyō)、すすぐ (susugu, 雪ぐ)、そそぐ (sosogu, 雪ぐ)
• Nanori: きよ (kiyo)、きよみ (kiyomi)、きよむ (kiyomu)、せ (se)、そそぐ (sosogu)、ぶき (buki)、まよむ (mayomu)、ゆき (yuki)

Kanji in this term
雪
ゆき Grade: 2
kun'yomi

⟨yuki₁⟩ → */jukʲi/ → /juki/

From Old Japanese.^[2] Found in the Man'yōshū, completed some time after 759 CE.^[3]

Also found once in the Man'yōshū in a so-called 東歌 (Azuma uta, literally “eastern song”) in the eastern dialect of Old Japanese, realized as ⟨yo₂ki₁⟩.^[4]

Reconstructed by some as deriving from Proto-Japonic *yoki.

• (Tokyo) ゆき [yùkíꜜ] (Odaka – [2])^[5]
• IPA^(key): [jɯ̟kʲi]

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雪(ゆき) • (yuki) 

1. snow

   Synonym: 玉塵 (gyokujin)

   • 938, Minamoto no Shitagō, Wamyō Ruijushō, volume 1, pages 27-28:
     ^[6]

     雪 [...] 和名由岐、日本紀私記云、泡雪阿和由岐、其弱如水沫故云沫雪也

     Snow (in Japanese "yuki"), [attested in] the Nihon Shoki Shiki as awayuki (light snowfall), said to be weak as foamy water

2. something white as snow
3. white hair
   • 905–914, Kokin Wakashū (book 1, poem 8)

     春(はる)の日(ひ)の光(ひかり)にあたる我(われ)なれどかしらの雪(ゆき)となるぞわびしき

     haru no hi no hikari ni ataru ware naredo kashira no yuki to naru zo wabishiki

     (please add an English translation of this example)

4. shaved ice

   Synonym: かき氷 (kakigōri)

5. small pieces of paper used to imitate snow
6. (archaic women's speech) a turnip or daikon
7. (archaic women's speech) abbreviation of 鱈 (tara): a codfish

   Synonym: 雪の下 (yukinoshita)

8. a 家紋 (kamon, “family crest”) with various designs of snowflakes
9. short for 八朔の雪 (hassaku no yuki): This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

• 雪(ゆき)に白(しら)鷺(さぎ) (yuki ni shirasagi)
• 雪(ゆき)は豊(ほう)年(ねん)の瑞(しるし) (yuki wa hōnen no shirushi)
• 雪(ゆき)やこんこん (yuki ya konkon)

• 白(しろ)妙(たえ)の, 白(しろ)栲(たえ)の (shirotae no, pillow word that can allude to yuki)
• 久方(ひさかた)の (hisakata no, another pillow word that can allude to yuki)

雪(ゆき) • (Yuki) 

1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

   雪(ゆき)やこんこ霰(あられ)やこんこ　降(ふ)っては降(ふ)ってはずんずん積(つも)る

   yuki ya konko arare ya konko futte wa futte wa zunzun tsumoru

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2. a female given name

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From Middle Chinese 雪 (MC sjwet).

Historical Readings
Dongguk Jeongun Reading
Dongguk Jeongun, 1448	ᄉᆑᇙ〮 (Yale: syyélq)
Middle Korean
Text	Eumhun
	Gloss (hun)	Reading
Hunmong Jahoe, 1527[2]	눈〯 (Yale: nwǔn)	셜〮 (Yale: syél)

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [sʰʌ̹ɭ]
• Phonetic hangul: [설]

Wikisource

雪 (eumhun 눈 설 (nun seol))

1. hanja form^? of 설 (“snow”) [affix]

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [3]

(Second grade kyōiku kanji)

1. hail
2. snow

• Kun: ゆち (yuchi, 雪)

Kanji in this term
雪
ゆち Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Cognate with Japanese 雪 (yuki, “snow”).

• IPA^(key): [jut͡ɕi]

雪(ゆち) (yuchi) 

1. hail
2. snow

• “ゆち【雪】” in JLect - Japonic Languages and Dialects Database Dictionary, 2019.

Found in the Man'yōshū, completed some time after 759 CE.

Reconstructed by some as deriving from Proto-Japonic *yoki.

雪 (yuki₁) (kana ゆき)

1. snow
   • c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 5, poem 822:
     , text here

     和何則能尓 宇米能波奈知流 比佐可多能 阿米欲里由吉能 那何列久流加母

     wa ga so₂no₂ ni ume₂ no₂ pana tiru pi₁sakata no₂ ame₂ yo₁ri yuki₁ no₂ nagarekuru ka mo

     In my garden, the plum blossoms fall, as if snow were streaming down from the [eternal?] heavens.

• Japanese: 雪 (yuki)

• 白妙の, 白栲の (siro₁tape₂ no₂, pillow word that can allude to yuki₁)

Found once in the Man'yōshū in a so-called 東歌 (Azuma uta, literally “eastern song”) in the eastern dialect of Old Japanese.

Probably a misspelling of original ⟨yo₁ki₁⟩, given the Western and modern reflexes. Compare 夜 (yo₁ → yu, “night”).

雪 (yo₂ki₁) (kana よき)

1. (regional, Eastern Old Japanese) snow
   • c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 14, poem 3423:
     , text here

     可美都氣努 伊可抱乃祢呂尓 布路与伎能 遊吉須宜可提奴 伊毛賀伊敝乃安多里

     Kami₁tuke₂no₁ Ikapo no₂ nero₂ ni puro₁ yo₂ki₁ no₂ yuki₁sugi₂katenu imo ga ipe₁ no₂ atari

     Like in Kamitsukeno, on the peak of Ikaho, the falling snow: impassible, near my girl's house

雪: Hán Việt readings: tuyết^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

1. chữ Hán form of tuyết (“snow”)