冬 - Wiktionary, the free dictionary Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意) and phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *tuːŋ) : phonetic 夂 (, “end”) + semantic 日 (“day”) or 仌 (“ice”) Bronze script and Chu slip script Composed of the early form of 終 (“end”, as well phonetic), here represented by Shuowen ancient script , + 日 (“day”) In
Chinese Word: 冬 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary 冬 (Trad : 鼕) HSK 3 Pinyin: dōng English Definition: winter; (onom ) beating a drum; rat-a-tat Antonyms: 夏 Total strokes: 5; Radical: 冫 Ideographic: A man walking 夂 on ice ⺀ Character Formation: ⿱ Above to below