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霰
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sleet

HSK 10
Nature →Weather
xiàn
セン、サン
あられ
선, 산
Phonosemantic compound. 雨 represents the meaning and 散 represents the sound.
Components
雨 rain+ 散 scattered =
霰 sleet
雨 Meaning component
yǔ rain
散 Phonetic component
sàn scattered
variant of 散[sàn]
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Notes
Similar Characters
屚 to leak雷 thunder需 need电 electric (simp)雩 offer sacrifice for rain雪 snow雯 cloud patterns雲 cloud (trad/jp)雳 crashing (simp)零 zero雹 hail電 electricity (trad/jp)雾 mist (simp)霁 to clear up after rain (simp)霂 fine霄 sky霅 thunder霆 a sudden peal of thunder震 quake霈 torrential rains
Historical Evolution
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Bronze Late Warring States (~250 BC)
Bronze
Late Warring States (~250 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
霰
Regular
Modern
Chinese
霰 [xiàn]
graupel; snow pellet; soft hail
Japanese
霰 あられ 同音

noun

  1. usually kana hail (esp. hailballs under 5 mm); graupel
  2. food usually kana dicing; small cubes
  3. abbrev.usually kana roasted mochi pieces (usu. flavoured with soy sauce, etc.)
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
霰 あられ
Arare place name
CHINESE WORDS (6)
榴霰弹 [liú​xiàn​dàn] #41,016
shrapnel shell
榴霰弹 [liú​xiàn​dàn] #41,016
shrapnel shell
霰弹枪 [xiàn​dàn​qiāng]
shotgun
霰弹枪 [xiàn​dàn​qiāng]
shotgun
霰粒肿 [xiàn​lì​zhǒng]
chalazion
霰粒肿 [xiàn​lì​zhǒng]
chalazion
JAPANESE WORDS (13)
散弾 [さんだん] #27,945
shot
散弾銃 [さんだんじゅう] #37,846
shotgun
雨あられ [あめあられ] #42,700
hail (e.g. of bullets)
榴散弾 [りゅうさんだん] #119,213
shrapnel (shell)
感謝感激雨あられ [かんしゃかんげきあめあられ] #128,810
I am terribly grateful
雛あられ [ひなあられ] #202,806
sweetened rice-flour cakes for offering at the Dolls' Festival
春霰 [しゅんさん] #229,168
spring hail
あられ餅 [あられもち] #260,257
roasted mochi pieces (usu. flavoured with soy sauce, or sweetened with sugar, etc.)
雪あられ [ゆきあられ] #268,108
soft hail
氷あられ [こおりあられ] #293,182
small hail
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