Origin

Frost is a weather phenomenon, so the character uses 雨, the radical for rain or water in the sky, at the top to show it's something that happens in the atmosphere. The bottom component 相 serves as a sound hint, roughly indicating how the character should be pronounced. Together, these parts create a character that represents frost: frozen water that forms in cold air, shown through the "rain" element combined with a phonetic guide.

AI-generated (claude-haiku-4-5), not yet reviewed. Formation type (automated guess): Phono-semantic (meaning + sound hint).