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Chinese symbol for “icicle”

冰柱
bīng zhù
icicle

The closest CC-CEDICT match for icicle is 冰柱 (bīng zhù), defined as: icicle.

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Characters and stroke order

冰 bīng
ice; ice-cold
radical 15 ⼎ · 6 strokes
柱 zhù
to lean on; pillar, post, support
radical 75 ⽊ · 9 strokes

Other Chinese words for “icicle”

WordPinyinMeaning
凇sōngicicle
冰凌bīng língicicle
冰锥 (冰錐)bīng zhuīicicle
冰溜bīng liùicicle

Related words

Other words that share a character with 冰柱.

WordPinyinMeaning
冰箱bīng xiāngrefrigerator; (old) icebox
冰淇淋bīng qí línice cream
冰川bīng chuānglacier
冰雪bīng xuěice and snow
冰冷bīng lěngice-cold
冰块 (冰塊)bīng kuàiice cube; ice chunk
支柱zhī zhùmainstay; pillar
柱子zhù zipillar; measure word: 根 (gēn)

See also: Japanese symbol for “icicle”.

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.