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冬

ふゆ

winter

Mnemonic

A pair of feet dragging with two marks of ice sat underneath them. Few ふゆ people out, Canada in January, and nobody is getting anywhere quickly: ふゆ.

Worth knowing

The same 冬 that sits inside 終わる, the end of the year, and the end of things.

Built from

winter
夂 trailing feet + 冫 ice

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