Chinese symbol for “frost”
霜
shuāng
frost; white powder or cream spread over a surface; frosting; (skin) cream
The closest CC-CEDICT match for frost is 霜 (shuāng), defined as: frost; white powder or cream spread over a surface; frosting; (skin) cream.
Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.
Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “frost”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 霜冻 (霜凍) | shuāng dòng | frost; frost damage (to crop) |
| 冰花 | bīng huā | ice crystal; frost (on windows) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 霜.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 雪上加霜 | xuě shàng jiā shuāng | (idiom) to make matters even worse; to add insult to injury |
| 防晒霜 (防曬霜) | fáng shài shuāng | suntan lotion; sunscreen cream |
| 面霜 | miàn shuāng | facial cream (cosmetics) |
| 砒霜 | pī shuāng | white arsenic; arsenic trioxide As2O3 |
| 眼霜 | yǎn shuāng | eye cream |
| 无霜期 (無霜期) | wú shuāng qī | frost-free period |
See also: Japanese symbol for “frost”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.
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