What is the Kanji for "Winter"?

If you are wondering what is the Japanese Kanji for "Winter", you've come to the right place!

The Japanese Kanji for "Winter" is "冬".

This kanji has 2 readings:

Its kunyomi reading is "Fuyu".

Its onyomi reading is "Tou".

kunyomi readings are based on the pronunciation of native Japanese words, and onyomi readings are based on the Chinese pronunciation of the character.

If you visually breakdown this kanji, you can see is made up of 2 parts:

The radical "夂" means "Late" . And The radical "冫" means "Ice" .

Now, let's make sure you understand this kanji the other way around too.

What does the kanji "冬" mean in japanese?

"冬" means "Winter".

Japanese School Students learn this kanji in Second Grade, while foreigners may learn this kanji in preparation for the JLPT N4 exam.

Here are some words that use this kanji:

冬休み: "Winter break". The noun '冬休み (ふゆやすみ)' refers to the winter vacation period, typically the time off from school or work during the coldest months of the year. It is a time when people can rest, travel, or spend time with family and friends. For example: I have two weeks of winter break - (私は2週間の冬休みがあります). Students look forward to the winter break - (学生は冬休みを楽しみにしています).

冬: "Winter". The Japanese noun '冬 (ふゆ)' refers to the season of winter. It is one of the four seasons in Japan and is typically characterized by cold temperatures, snowfall, and shorter daylight hours. The winter season in Japan usually lasts from December to February. For example: It's winter - (今は冬です). I love the winter scenery - (私は冬の景色が大好きです).

春夏秋冬: "Four seasons". The Japanese noun '春夏秋冬 (しゅんかしゅうとう)' refers to the four seasons of the year: spring, summer, autumn, and winter. This term is often used to represent the cyclic nature of the seasons and the changing of the natural world throughout the year. For example: The four seasons in Japan are beautiful - (日本の春夏秋冬は美しい). Experiencing the four seasons is one of the joys of living in Japan - (春夏秋冬を感じられるのは日本に住む喜びの一つだ).

To make really sure you learn this Kanji, I've prepared an interactive lesson for you. You are going to learn the readings and meanings of this kanji.

But first, you need to know a little bit about Hiragana and Katakana.

Hiragana and katakana are japanese syllabaries, this means that each character represents a syllable.

This are the characters you need to know for this lesson:

The hiragana "と" is read as "to". The hiragana "う" is read as "u". The hiragana "ふ" is read as "fu". And The hiragana "ゆ" is read as "yu".

Heres a quick tutorial on how to use it. You'll be asked three type of questions: meaning, reading, and writing.

For meanings questions all you have to do is type the english meaning. If there is more than one meaning, you have to include them all in your answer separating them by commas (,).

For Reading questions you have to type the reading in romaji (roman letters, our normal alphabet) and it'll be automatically converted to hiragana if necessary. If there is more than one reading, you have to include them all in your answer separating them by commas (,).

For Writing questions some options will appear and all you have to do is select the correct ones.