霰

霰 · xiàn

hail, sleet

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
xiàn
Cantonese
sin3
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

hail, sleet

Dictionary definitions & readings

霰 xiàn · graupel; snow pellet; soft hail

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Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
64076.140:xiàn Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
0986.010:sǎn 1250.050:xiàn Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
400.080:xiàn Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
xiàn粵sin3 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
セン サン あられ Source property ↗
Korean · Hangul
산:0N Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
蘇佃 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
MBTBK Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
1024.8 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
1378.160 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
406.24 Source property ↗
Grammata Serica Recensa · references
0156d Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+9730
Radical
雨 · 173
Strokes
20
Residual strokes
12
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 2 · #6425

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

20 strokes
霰
Strokes
20
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

20 strokes in writing order. Play to watch them, or Step through one at a time.

Modern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.

Words & connections

Dictionary & examples

History & distinctions

Related forms

No simplified/traditional variant assertion retained.

Historical readings

Middle Chinese
senH · 蘇佃 · 山開四去先心 · #2692

PHONO-ML, source line 14907; CC BY 4.0. Source-generated reading categories, not modern pronunciation. Attribution & limitations.

Sources & reference

Evidence

Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3 · Official-list coverage

Exact Unihan properties
kCihaiT
1456.505
kCowles
3650
kDaeJaweon
1887.330
kFennIndex
181.04
kGSR
0156d
kHanYu
64076.140
kIRGDaeJaweon
1887.330
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
64076.140
kIRGKangXi
1378.160
kKangXi
1378.160
kMatthews
2725
kMeyerWempe
2810a
kMorohashi
42458
kNelson
5066
kSBGY
406.24
kSMSZD2003Index
762.03
kCangjie
MBTBK
kFenn
800K
kFourCornerCode
1024.8
kMojiJoho
MJ027857
kPhonetic
1105
kUnihanCore2020
GHJKMPT
kIICore
AGTJKP
kIRG_GSource
G0-7631
kIRG_HSource
HB1-C4C5
kIRG_JSource
J0-7047
kIRG_KPSource
KP0-E1AF
kIRG_KSource
K0-5F2C
kIRG_TSource
T1-7A50
kRSUnicode
173.12
kTotalStrokes
20
kBigFive
C4C5
kCCCII
234C58
kCNS1986
1-7A50
kCNS1992
1-7A50
kEACC
234C58
kGB0
8617
kGB1
8617
kJis0
8039
kKoreanName
2015
kMainlandTelegraph
7213
kTGH
2013:6425
kTaiwanTelegraph
7213
kXerox
275:300
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+7136+173.8.12
kCantonese
sin3
kDefinition
hail, sleet
kFanqie
蘇佃
kHangul
산:0N
kHanyuPinyin
64076.140:xiàn
kJapanese
セン サン あられ
kJapaneseKun
ARARE
kJapaneseOn
SAN SEN
kKorean
SEN SAN
kMandarin
xiàn
kSMSZD2003Readings
xiàn粵sin3
kTGHZ2013
400.080:xiàn
kTang
sèn
kXHC1983
0986.010:sǎn 1250.050:xiàn
kSemanticVariant
U+4A18<kMatthews,kMeyerWempe

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

0.10
4dictionary records using 霰0forms using this shape1attributed sound links
⿱ Above / below

Shape description
雨 above 散 · the shape used in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, North Korea
Source notation ^⿱雨散$(GHTJKP)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿱雨散$(GHTJKP)

All alternatives are retained. Only the first description drives component search and graphical links. Counts describe this snapshot, not frequency. Evidence and method.