The kanji 冬: meaning, readings and stroke order

冬

Meaning: winter
On reading: トウ tou
Kun reading: ふゆ fuyu
Strokes: 5
Radical: 冫 ice
Level: Level 2 · grade 2

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: mùa đông (đông)
Japanese: ふゆ。
Korean: 겨울 (동)
Chinese: 冬天

Readings, words and example sentences

トウ tou · on reading · less common

立りっ冬とう
start of winter (old calendar)
立りっ冬とうをすぎてさむくなりました。
After the start of winter, it got cold.

ふゆ fuyu · kun reading

冬ふゆ
winter
冬ふゆは雪がよくふります。
It often snows in winter.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.