EntryCommon
  1. Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no', Noun

    speckled with white; salt-and-pepper (pattern, fabric, etc.)

    日本の牛は広範囲に霜降りがある。
    In Japan beef has a high degree of marbled fat.
  2. Noun

    marbling (of beef)

    see 霜降り肉

  3. (of fish, chicken, shellfish, etc.) blanching by exposure to boiling and then icy water

    Abbreviationsee 霜降り作り

  4. formation of frost

    orig. meaning

Also written 霜降【しもふり】

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Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

frost

Kun
しも
On
ソウ
Strokes
17
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N1
Frequency
2151 of 2500
Radical
rain
WaniKani
Level 48

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (30)
CodeReference
2-8-9SKIP code
8d9.2The Kanji Dictionary
1096.3, 1096.1Four corner code
3179deroo
971cUnicode hex code
1-33-90JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5064Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
6542New Nelson (John Haig)
2815New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3491Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1801Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2451Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
426Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
455Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1630A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2694Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1352Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
42363Morohashi
1529A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
948Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
978Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1892Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1888Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1689Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1868Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
433Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
shuang1Pinyin reading
sangKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
48WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

descend, precipitate, fall, surrender

Kun
お.りるお.ろすふ.るふ.りくだ.るくだ.す
On
コウ
Strokes
10
Taught
Grade 6
JLPT
N3
Frequency
596 of 2500
Radical
mound
WaniKani
Level 34

Built from

Used in names as

ふりふる

Dictionary and index codes (31)
CodeReference
1-3-7SKIP code
2d7.7The Kanji Dictionary
7725.4Four corner code
3655deroo
964dUnicode hex code
1-25-63JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4994Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
6450New Nelson (John Haig)
458New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
548Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
335Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
414Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1308Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1405Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
787A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1058Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
887Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
41620Morohashi
863A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
947Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
977Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
984Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
873henshall3
898Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
136Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
731Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1317Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
jiang4, xiang2Pinyin reading
hang, gangKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
34WaniKani level