Memory phrase for the Kanji: 冷

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REI
tsumetai, hieru

Left: ice 冫, right: order, command 令 (A lid

on the bent person マ. That is the order.)

Ice is "ordered" to cool.

	cover
令	order	Based on "bell 鈴 suzu, REI, RIN", this radical 令 can also be understood as an image of a bell: (The sound of) the bell with the bell mallet 卩 gives now 今 the command (e.g. to come).
	cover	Other covers are: 冖, 亠 )
冫	ice, freeze	This radical is similar to “water 氵”. However, it has one stroke less. In this sense: Water that no longer flows is ice.
マ	bend person	(Further radicals with „person“ are: sitting 匕, sitting cross-legged 夂, lying , kneeling ⺈, skilled 才, bending 卩, slumped 㔾 or husband 夫)

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冷たい	つめたい	cold (to the touch), chilly, icy, freezing, coldhearted
冷やす	ひやす	to cool, to refrigerate
冷える	ひえる	to grow cold, to get chilly, to cool down
冷蔵庫	れいぞうこ	refrigerator
冷静	れいせい	calm, composure, coolness, serenity
冷ます	さます	to cool, to let cool, to throw a damper on, to spoil
冷める	さめる	to become cool, to wear off, to abate
冷やかす	ひやかす	to banter, to make fun of, to jeer at
冷凍	れいとう	freezing, cold storage, refrigeration

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