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Meaning of 霰

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霰
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: 雨
Pictophonetic:散 indicates the sound; 雨 (rain) conveys the meaning.
Character Formation:
  • ⿱ Above to below
    • 雨 [ yǔ ] rain
    • 散 [ 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 lì zhǒng chalazion
霰弹枪 xiàn dàn qiāng shotgun
More:霰* | *霰 | *霰*
Example Sentences
1
天开始下起了冰冷的冰霰
。
An icy sleet was beginning to fall.
2
其中一个就是水体中的钙和霰石的水平
。
One indicator is the levels of calcium and aragonite.
3
雨
、
雪
、
霰
、
雾将不会给地下世界带来麻烦
。
Rain, snow, sleet, fog would not trouble the underground world.
4
在本世纪结束前
,
极地海水表层很有可能变得对霰石不饱和
。
Polar surface waters most likely will become undersaturated for aragonite before the end of this century.
5
当霜的覆盖度足够大时
,
雪晶就像一个小雪球
,
结果被称为霰
。
When the coverage is especially heavy, so that the assembly looks like a tiny snowball, the result is called graupel.