Keyword
winter
Info
FrequencyTop 1000-1100
Type
Kyōiku (2nd grade) 
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KankenLevel 9
Heisig456
Readings
ふゆ
(90%)
とう
(8%)
どん
(1%)
Composed of
late winter
droplet
droplet
Mnemonic

We were suppossed to have a really late winter this year due to global warming, but no, look at those two drops of snow! It's snowing already! Winter is coming fast after all.

Used in kanji (7 in total)
end
holly
ache
beating of drums
???
bog rhubarb
gizzard shad
Used in vocabulary (147 in total)
winter
midwinter; dead of winter
winter vacation; winter holidays
Examples (200 in total)
Throughout this winter, this was always what it looked like in the morning.
The incident happened in winter, didn't it?
Winter passed and spring came.