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氷河

Glacier


Meaning

Glacier

Word Type

noun

Explanation

An ice river is some ice that moves (very slowly) like a river. That is a glacier. In fact, many inlets and sounds were created with glaciers, because glaciers moved through them like rivers... not very quickly, though.


Reading

ひょうが

Explanation

The reading for 氷 is the one you didn't learn. Think of the glacier coming slowly to your door. It rings your doorbell and says heyo (ひょう). Note that the か becomes が here.


Context

Context Sentences

これは、氷河期に生きていたマンモスの化石です。

This is a fossil of a mammoth that lived during the glacial epoch.

ビエトは、氷河の写真をとるために、次のバケーションでアサバスカ氷河へ行く予定です。

Viet is planning to go to Athabasca Glacier for his next vacation to take glacier photos.

遠くのほうにキラキラと青く光る氷河が見えました。

I saw a glistening blue glacier in the distance.

地球温暖化のために、毎年溶けている氷河が増えている。

The number of melting glaciers has been increasing every year due to global warming.


Kanji Composition