冬 — Chinese character
冬
dōng
winter, 11th lunar month
- Pinyin
- dōng
- Radical
- 15 ⼎ (Ice)
- Strokes
- 5
- Components
- 夂
- Formation
- ideographic — A man walking 夂 on ice ⺀
- Traditional
- 鼕
- Japanese
- 冬 as a kanji
Common words with 冬
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 冬天 | dōng tiān | winter |
| 冬季 | dōng jì | winter |
| 寒冬 | hán dōng | cold winter |
| 冬眠 | dōng mián | to hibernate; hibernation |
| 过冬 (過冬) | guò dōng | to get through the winter |
| 冬日 | dōng rì | wintertime |
| 冬瓜 | dōng guā | wax gourd (Cucurbitaceae, Benincasa hispida); white gourd |
| 严冬 (嚴冬) | yán dōng | severe winter |
| 越冬 | yuè dōng | to pass the winter; to overwinter |
| 冬青 | dōng qīng | holly |
| 春夏秋冬 | chūn xià qiū dōng | the four seasons; spring, summer, autumn and winter |
| 麦冬 (麥冬) | mài dōng | dwarf lilyturf (Ophiopogon japonicus), whose tuber is used in TCM |
English words written with 冬
冬 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Tao Te Ching 1 · Mencius 1 · Zhuangzi 12
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 15
- Mencius 6A.5
- Zhuangzi Transcendental Bliss
- Zhuangzi The Identity of Contraries
- Zhuangzi The Evidence of Virtue Complete
- Zhuangzi The Tao of God
- Zhuangzi Perfect Happiness
- Zhuangzi Hsü Wu Kuei
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