N4 Kanji: 冬 (Winter)
JLPT N4 kanji 冬 — readings, vocabulary, stroke order, mnemonic, and common confusion pairs.
Character Info
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Kanji | 冬 |
| Strokes | 5 |
| Radical | 夂 (walk slowly) |
| JLPT Level | N4 |
Readings
| Type | Japanese | Romaji |
|---|---|---|
| On-yomi | トウ | tō |
| Kun-yomi | ふゆ | fuyu |
Vocabulary
| 冬 | ふゆ | fuyu | winter | | 冬休み | ふゆやすみ | fuyuyasumi | winter vacation | | 冬至 | とうじ | tōji | winter solstice | | 真冬 | まふゆ | mafuyu | midwinter | | 越冬 | えっとう | ettō | wintering, overwintering |
Stroke Order
1-2. Top 夂 (slow movement). 3-5. Bottom two ice dots (冫).
Mnemonic
Slow footsteps (夂) through the ice (冫) — moving carefully through winter cold.
Common Confusion Pairs
| 各 (each) | 各 has 口 at bottom; 冬 has ice dots | | 外 (outside) | 外 has 夕 on left; 冬 is standalone |