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Meaning of 霰

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Pinyin: xiàn
English Definition: graupel; snow pellet; soft hail
Chinese Definition:
①(霰弹在高空中的水蒸气遇到冷空气凝结成的小冰粒,多在下雪前或下雪时出现。dàn)炮弹的一种,内装黑色炸药和小铅球、钢球,弹头装有定时的引信,能在预定目标上空及附近爆炸。亦称“榴霰弹”、“子母弹”、“群子弹”。
Total strokes: 20; Radical:
Pictophonetic: indicates the sound; (rain) conveys the meaning.
Character Formation:
  • Above to below
    • [ ] rain
    • [ sàn ] to scatter, to disperse, to break up
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Example Words
榴霰弹 liú xiàn dàn shrapnel shell; shrapnel; also pr. [liu2 san3 dan4]
霰粒肿 xiàn zhǒng chalazion
霰弹枪 xiàn dàn qiāng shotgun
More:霰* | *霰 | *霰*
Example Sentences
1
An icy sleet was beginning to fall.
2
One indicator is the levels of calcium and aragonite.
3
Rain, snow, sleet, fog would not trouble the underground world.
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Polar surface waters most likely will become undersaturated for aragonite before the end of this century.
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When the coverage is especially heavy, so that the assembly looks like a tiny snowball, the result is called graupel.