Memory phrase for the character: 冬

冬

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Meaning

winter

Pronunciation

 TŌ
fuyu

Explanation

 Top: twisted or upturned foot 夂 (also the picture when sitting cross-legged), bottom: ⺀ (variant of ice 冫)

Mnemonic
 
With twisted feet on the ice: it's winter.

Radicals

夂 crossed legsThis radical is either understood as sitting with crossed legs or an upturned foot.
冫 ice, freezeThis radical is similar to “water 氵”. However, it has one stroke less. In this sense: Water that no longer flows is ice.
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 Vocabulary

冬 ふゆ  winter
冬眠 とうみん  hibernation, winter sleep

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