冰晶（英语：ice crystal）是冰的宏观晶体形式。冰晶在光学及电学等物理性质方面有各向异性，并且具有较高的介电常数。冰晶常呈六角柱状、六角板状、枝状、针状等形状，由于大气中的冰晶一般由水蒸气凝华产生，因此具有非常对称的外型。在不同的环境温度和湿度中，可以产生不同的对称外形。当环境因素改变时，冰晶的形成方式也可能会改变，因此最终形成的晶体可能是多种样式混合而成的，例如冠柱晶。空中的冰晶下落时倾向以其侧棱平行于地平线，因此能以增强的差动反射率在偏振天气雷达信号（polarimetric weather radar）中被发现。冰晶带电后，下落的方向便不再平行于地平线。带电的冰晶也很较容易被偏振天气雷达检测出来。

Ice crystals are solid ice exhibiting atomic ordering on various length scales and include hexagonal columns, hexagonal plates, dendritic crystals, and diamond dust. The highly symmetric shapes are due to depositional growth, namely, direct deposition of water vapour onto the ice crystal. Depending on environmental temperature and humidity, ice crystals can develop from the initial hexagonal prism into numerous symmetric shapes. Possible shapes for ice crystals are columns, needles, plates and dendrites. If the crystal migrates into regions with different environmental conditions, the growth pattern may change, and the final crystal may show mixed patterns. An example are capped columns. Ice crystals tend to fall with their major axis aligned along the horizontal, and are thus visible in polarimetric weather radar signatures with enhanced (positive) differential reflectivity values. Electrification of ice crystals can induce alignments different from the horizontal. Electrified ice crystals are also well detectable by polarimetric weather radars.