六辺香

Japanese
Kanji in this term
六 辺 香
ろく
Grade: 1		 へん
Grade: 4		 こう
Grade: 4
goon
Alternative spelling
六邊香 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

六 (“six”) +‎ 辺 (“side”) +‎ 香 (“scent”), because snowflakes look like six-petaled flowers.

Noun

六(ろく)辺(へん)香(こう) • (rokuhenkō) 

  1. (literary) Synonym of 雪 (yuki, “snow”) (precipitation)
    Synonyms: 六つの花 (mutsu no hana), 六出 (rikushutsu), 六花 (rikka)

See also
  • 六(ろっ)辺(ぺん)形(けい) (roppenkei)
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