Keyword
winter
Info
FrequencyTop 1000-1100
Type
Kyōiku (2nd grade) 
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KankenLevel 9
Heisig456
Readings
ふゆ
(90%)
とう
(8%)
どん
(1%)
Composed of
late winter
droplet
droplet
Mnemonic

We were suppossed to have a really late winter this year due to global warming, but no, look at those two drops of snow! It's snowing already! Winter is coming fast after all.

Used in kanji (7 in total)
end
holly
ache
beating of drums
Used in vocabulary (122 in total)
winter
midwinter
winter vacation; winter holidays
hibernation; winter sleep; torpor
wintertime; winter season
winter clothing
(season of) winter
early winter; tenth month of the lunar calendar
spring, summer, autumn (fall) and winter; the four seasons
preparations for winter
winter clothing
tree as seen in winter (esp. a barren deciduous tree); evergreen tree
winter solstice
General Winter; hard winter; Jack Frost
passing the winter; hibernation
wintry mountain; mountain that is often climbed during the winter
wintry desolation; poor business conditions
winter; wintertime; winter term
winter; winter season; winter moon
donko (shiitake variety)
severe winter
hibernation; staying indoors during winter
summer and winter
winter landscape; winter scenery; wintry landscape; wintry scene
hibernation; staying indoors during winter
caterpillar fungus (esp. Cordyceps sinensis)
mild winter; warm winter
winter fur; winter plumage
wintery; atmospheric pressure pattern in winter; winter pressure pattern
wintering; passing the winter
wax gourd (Benincasa hispida); ash gourd; white gourd; winter melon
barren trees in winter
the winter sun
this winter; next winter; last winter
winter vacation (holidays)
winter festival
winter vegetables
Winter Triangle (asterism)
late winter; twelfth month of the lunar calendar
wintering party (team)
winter buds; winter sprouts
first day of winter (approx. November 8)
winter clothing
Ministry of Works (Zhou-dynasty China)
nuclear winter
to become wintry
winter campaign of the siege of Osaka (1614 CE)
Japanese honeysuckle (Lonicera japonica)
last winter
winter cherry (Prunus parvifolia); winter cherry blossoms
artificial hibernation; induced hibernation
former winters; the last winter
hibernation; staying indoors during winter
three winter months
preparations for winter
winter festival
Winter War (between Finland and the Soviet Union; 1939-1940)
wintering spot (e.g. of a migrating bird)
giant butterbur (Petasites japonicus); Japanese silverleaf (Farfugium japonicum); kerria (Kerria japonica)
every winter
day on which the temperature fails to reach 0 degrees Centigrade
winter bird (resident)
eleventh month of the lunar calendar
winter vegetables; winter greens; tang cai
when winter comes spring isn't far behind
winter crop
Paeonia suffrutticosa; tree peony
Winter Olympic Games; Winter Olympics
winter sky; wintry weather
summer fires and winter fans; useless things
next winter
winter solstitial point
for winter use
beginning of winter; tenth month of the lunar calendar
winter campaign of the siege of Osaka (1614 CE)
Rubus buergeri (species of raspberry)
apple sold during the winter; winter apple
atmospheric pressure pattern in winter; winter pressure pattern
winter fog; fog during winter
Japanese dormouse (Glirulus japonicus)
winter moth (Geometridae spp.)
lawn grass for cold areas
abnormally warm winter
custom of keeping a pumpkin or squash during the winter and eating it on the day of the winter solstice
kerria (Kerria japonica); Japanese yellow rose
giant butterbur (Petasites japonicus); Japanese sweet coltsfoot
donko (shiitake variety)
eleventh month of the lunar calendar
edible dormouse (Glis glis); fat dormouse
Dioscorea tokoro (species of wild yam)
the Tropic of Capricorn
custom of keeping a pumpkin or squash during the winter and eating it on the day of the winter solstice
pasturing cattle in summer and feeding them indoors during winter; rotated grazing
kanji "winter" radical at top (radical 34)
end of winter; twelfth month of the lunar calendar
tenth month of the lunar calendar
end of winter
Welsh onion (Allium fistulosum); Japanese bunching onion
Welsh onion (Allium fistulosum); Japanese bunching onion
Welsh onion (Allium fistulosum); Japanese bunching onion
wax gourd seed; winter melon seed
dried Chinese asparagus root
last winter
twelfth lunar month
late autumn that makes it seem like winter is coming
azuki bean rice gruel eaten on the day of the winter solstice (to chase away demons that spread contagious diseases)
the Big Dipper seen on a winter night
trumpet honeysuckle; Lonicera sempervirens
cluster mallow (Malva verticillata)
Fuyutopia (government program to help create a winter living environment in northern Hokkaido)
Crepidiastrum keiskeanum (species of plant in the daisy family)
winter chrysanthemum (Chrysanthemum indicum) (hardy chrysanth variety)
Examples (198 in total)
I met her one winter day.
One winter morning I met him.
We had less snow this winter than we had expected.