冬
ふゆ · fuyu · JLPT N5 · noun
winter
❄️ Sounds like phew-you: phew, you made it through the cold of winter
Fuyu is thought to come from hiyu (冷ゆ), to grow cold. The kanji 冬 is an old sign for an end, a tied-off thread, plus two strokes for ice: the season that ends the year.