雪xuě
snow. 11 strokes, radical 雨, first met in HSK 2.
How to write 雪
Strokes 1–8 write 雨, then strokes 9–11 write 彐.
Free, with no account: the app draws each stroke, then you write it and it says which stroke went wrong.
Print a 米字格 practice sheet for 雪 · the stroke-order rules
What 雪 is made of
雨 (yǔ, rain) and 彐 (jì, snout).
雨 carries the meaning — rain — and 彐 carries the sound.
Words that use 雪
| 雪 | snow 冬天从天空落下的白色冰晶 冬天下起了鹅毛大雪。In winter, heavy snow began to fall. Lesson 86, 新学期 · 见贤思齐与日新月异 · Emulating Excellence & Continual Daily Progress |
| 下雪 | to snow 指天空飘落雪花 寒冬时节大地纷纷下雪。In deep winter, it kept snowing across the land. Lesson 80, 吃西餐 · 怀瑾握瑜与笃行致远 · Living Integrity, Broad Horizons & Harmonious Routine |
| 冰雪 | ice and snow 冬天常见的冰和雪 高原上覆盖着厚厚的冰雪。The plateau lay blanketed in thick ice and snow. Lesson 257, 临难不屈与精诚格致 · 经世致用与格物致知 · Practical Wisdom & Scientific Inquiry |
Characters that share the sound part 彐
Written with the same phonetic, so their readings tend to rhyme with each other.
More characters with the radical 雨
All 7 of them, and what the radical means, on the 雨 radical page.