Level VIII of XX on the frequency path
Frequency rank 1021 / 2,608
Rarer in this ranking, but still part of the 2,608-character published set.
More common than 甘 (Sweet), less common than 丁 (Street).
Winter (winter) sits on top and ice (ice) crystallizes below — in the depths of winter, ice forms on everything beneath, the frozen season at its coldest.
冬 is rank 1021 of 2,608 in published Japanese.
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