Radical 冫

7 strokes

ice 冫 (360a) + older brother 兄 (67a) = situation 况

OK, so kangaroo may not be the best idea on ice, but how many choices for a soundword did we have?!

情况 (339) qíngkuàng situation

His older brother fell head-first through the ice. “That’s another fine situation you’ve got me into,” he spluttered. / The ghostly ice-guardian dwarf bounds across on his kangaroo to investigate.

This is “water” (80a), but with one less drop.