sōng
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 ice crystals formed from frozen mist or vapor; rime

Examples

松花江雾凇非常有名
Sōnghuājiāng de wùsōng fēicháng yǒumíng.
The rime scenery on the Songhua River is very famous.
Hányè guòhòu, shùshàng jié mǎn le sōng.
After a freezing night the trees were covered with rime.

Tips

culture
Used in 雾凇 (rime), the feathery ice that forms when supercooled fog freezes onto branches. The 雾凇 of Jilin on the 松花江 (Songhua River) is one of China's celebrated winter sights.

Components

radical
bīng
ice (left-side radical)
The two-stroke ice radical (the 'ice' form of ). It marks as a freezing phenomenon, the same family as 'to freeze' and 'cold'.
phonetic
sōng
pine; loose (phonetic)
The right side 'pine' supplies the sound sōng directly and unchanged. It is also a handy mnemonic: rime often forms most beautifully on pine branches.

Stroke Order

sōng