雪

xuě

snow

surname Xue; CL:場|场[chang2]; (literary) to wipe away (a humiliation etc)

rain (雨) + phonetic (彐) = snow

雨 is the rain radical, anchoring this character in precipitation. 彐 mainly contributes to the sound xuě; the rain radical carries the meaning.

雨+彐→雪

彐A claw-like component with no direct semantic relevance herePhonetic

雨RainSemantic

铲雪车

chǎn xuě chē

snowplow

阿拉斯加雪橇犬

ā lā sī jiā xuě qiāo quǎn

Alaskan malamute

阿尔泰雪鸡

ā ěr tài xuě jī

(bird species of China) Altai snowcock (Tetraogallus altaicus)

降雪

jiàng xuě

to snow

雪崩

xuě bēng

avalanche

阳春白雪

yáng chūn bái xuě

melodies of the elite in the state of Chu 楚國|楚国[Chu3 guo2]

障碍滑雪

zhàng ài huá xuě

(snow skiing) slalom

雅拉雪山

yǎ lā xuě shān

Mt Yarla Shampo, in Dawu County 道孚縣|道孚县[Dao4 fu2 xian4], Garze Tibetan autonomous prefecture, Sichuan

雅拉香波雪山

yǎ lā xiāng bō xuě shān

Mt Yarla Shampo, in Dawu County 道孚縣|道孚县[Dao4 fu2 xian4], Garze Tibetan autonomous prefecture, Sichuan

雪菜

xuě cài

see 雪裡蕻|雪里蕻[xue3 li3 hong2]

雨夹雪

yǔ jiā xuě

sleet

雪菲尔德

xuě fēi ěr dé

Sheffield (City in England)