霜降

Chinese
frost
 
to drop; to fall; to come down
to drop; to fall; to come down; to descend; to surrender
trad. (霜降) 霜 降
simp. #(霜降) 霜 降
Literally: “descent of frost”.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

霜降

  1. The 18th of the 24 solar terms around 23 or 24 October, when hoarfrost descends and is likely to bring the first film of ice

Synonyms

Derived terms
  • 霜降雨

Descendants
Sino-Xenic (霜降):
  • → Japanese: 霜降(そうこう) (sōkō)
  • → Korean: 상강(霜降) (sanggang)

See also

Japanese

Pronunciation 1
Kanji in this term
霜 降
そう
Grade: S		 こう
Grade: 6
on’yomi

Proper noun

霜(そう)降(こう) • (Sōkō) 

  1. “descent of frost” (one of twenty-four solar terms)

Pronunciation 2
Kanji in this term
霜 降
しも
Grade: S		 ふ(り)
Grade: 6
kun’yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 霜降 – see the following entry.
【しもふり】
[noun] speckled with white
[noun] (cooking) blanching
[verb] (cooking) to blanch
Alternative spelling
霜降り
(This term, 霜降, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  3. Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean
Hanja in this term
霜降

Noun

霜降 • (sanggang) (hangeul 상강)

  1. Hanja form? of 상강.

Vietnamese
chữ Hán Nôm in this term
霜降

Noun

霜降

  1. chữ Hán form of sương giáng.
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