Character · Nature
雪
ゆき yukiせつ setsu
snow
Composition
Origin
Rain 雨 over a broom-hand, a reduced form of 彗: rain one can sweep away — snow.
Proverbs carrying this character
- 102 柳に雪折れなし Snow does not break the willow.
- 110 雪は天から送られた手紙である Snow is a letter sent from the sky.
- 220 雪とけて村いっぱいの子どもかな Snow has melted — the village is full of children.
- 224 うまさうな雪がふうはりふはりかな How delicious it looks, the falling snow — softly, fluffily down.
- 230 いくたびも雪の深さを尋ねけり Again and again I ask: the snow, how deep is it now?
- 281 雪月花 Snow, moon, flowers.
- 292 田子の浦にうち出でて見れば白妙の富士の高嶺に雪は降りつつ Coming out upon Tago Bay, I see: on Fuji's high peak, white, the snow still falling.