The kanji 冬 primarily represents "winter." It embodies the coldest season of the year, characterized by cold temperatures, often snowfall, and dormancy in nature. It signifies a period of rest and stillness.

・On-yomi (音読み): トウ (tou) ・Kun-yomi (訓読み): ふゆ (fuyu)

⚫︎ 冬休み (fuyu yasumi) Translation: Winter vacation ⚫︎ 冬服 (fuyu fuku) Translation: Winter clothes ⚫︎ 冬至 (touji) Translation: Winter solstice

The kanji 冬 is a pictograph. It depicts the end of a cord, or the place that holds a cord, which looks like a knot. It originally meant "the end" or "the end of the year," and gradually came to be associated with the season of winter.