冰 bīng
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 冫 — ice
- Made of
- 冫 ice 水 water, liquid, lotion, juice
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
冰雪
bīngxuě
ice and snow
Characters in this word
雪 xuě
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 雨 — rain
- Made of
- 雨 rain 彐 snout
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 冰雪很美。 Bīngxuě hěn měi. Ice and snow are beautiful.
- 孩子玩冰雪。 Háizi wán bīngxuě. The children play with ice and snow.
- 山上有冰雪。 Shān shàng yǒu bīngxuě. There is ice and snow on the mountain.