雪

xuě

x+üě·3rd tone

snow · CL: cháng

Radical: 雨 Strokes: 11 HSK 2

Structure: Top-bottomFrequency: Common

Same radical

雨露雷霜霞震雾零霸霍霄霉

Same radical

雨露雷霜霞震雾零霸霍霄霉需霭霓

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Character Decomposition

雪=雨+彐

Etymology

rain

Meanings

snow

CL: cháng

(literary) to wipe away (a humiliation etc)

xuě

surname Xue

Xuě

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Words with 雪 558 total

Daxue or Great Snow, 21st of the 24 solar terms 7th-21st December大雪Dà xuě ice and snow冰雪bīng xuě snow白雪bái xuě to cleanse oneself of false accusations浣雪huàn xuě timely snow瑞雪ruì xuě to right a wrong · to redress an injustice申雪shēn xuě frost and snow · (fig.) snowy white (hair) · adversity霜雪shuāng xuě

Idioms with 雪 108 total Chain

brilliant white snow cover (esp. of distant peaks)白雪皑皑bái xuě ái ái to take revenge and erase humiliation (idiom)报仇雪耻bào chóu xuě chǐ to take revenge and wipe out a grudge (idiom)报仇雪恨bào chóu xuě hèn

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