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The solar term at 240° of solar longitude.
Also known as: Minor Snow solar term
The Chinese solar term beginning when the sun reaches 240° of ecliptic longitude, around 22 November.
Marks the point at which snow becomes likely, at 240 degrees of ecliptic longitude.
Contexts: History, Public information
Says likely rather than heavy, and the pairing with the greater snow term a fortnight later is about probability and not depth; the terms were written for a latitude where the first snow is an event worth dating.
Contexts: History, Public information
A written character pair set against a division of the year, marked on a Chinese calendar at the point the sun reaches 240° of ecliptic longitude.
A fuller structured visual breakdown is not yet documented for this symbol.