| し | も | 
|---|---|
| 霜 | 
| ふ | 
|---|
| 降 | 
| り | 
takes genitive case の, noun
- speckled with white, salt-and-pepper (pattern, fabric, etc.).
 
noun
- marbling (of beef).
 - (of fish, chicken, shellfish, etc.) blanching by exposure to boiling and then icy water. Abbreviation.
 - formation of frost. Orig. meaning.
 
Variations
| Pronunciation | Kanji | Kana | Is Common | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
                                
 
 
  | 
                            霜降り | しもふり | ✔ | |||||||
                                
 
  | 
                            霜降 | しもふり | 
Contained Kanji Breakdown
frost
しも ソウ (9th, N1)