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CHINESE CHARACTER
- Numbered pinyin
- shuang1
- English meanings
- frost, white powder or cream spread over a surface, frosting, (skin) cream
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BUILDING BLOCKS
Structure & components
Top–bottom structure
Top–bottom arrangement: top 雨; bottom 相.
Meaning & sound clues
雨 is identified as the meaning component, associated with “rain”.
相 is identified as the sound component (xiāng). Its pronunciation may differ from the modern pronunciation of 霜.
This breakdown describes the written shape. A component's meaning does not always explain the meaning of the whole character.
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Characters with the same pinyin, regardless of tone.
measure word (general)
comfortable
pair; double
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Related words
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- 雪上加霜