adverb taking the と particle, takes する

  1. wintry, very cold-looking (e.g. landscape).
  2. bleak (e.g. room, street), desolate, empty (of furnishings).

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
寒々 さむざむ
寒寒 さむざむ

Contained Kanji Breakdown

cold
さむ.い カン さ (3rd, N3)
shaped crown, katakana u radical (no. 40)
ベン メン (Kentei 1)
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)
wa-shaped crown radical (no. 14)
ベキ (Kentei 1)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
together, both, neither
とも キョウ (4th, N3)
twenty(廿) variant
eight, eight radical (no. 12)
ハチ や はっ (1st, N5)
two-stroke water radical or ice radical (no. 15)
ヒョウ こおり (Kentei 1)
repeated kanji symbol