Memory phrase for the Kanji: 凍

凍

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Meaning freeze

Pronunciation

TŌ
kōru, kogoeru

Explanation

Left: ice 冫, right: east 東 (.. where the sun 日 rises behind a tree 木)

Mnemonic
 
(Think to icicles at a tree, in contrast to frost 霜) The ice hangs at the tree 木 for the whole day 日 because it is frozen.

Radicals

冫 ice, freezeThis radical is similar to “water 氵”. However, it has one stroke less. In this sense: Water that no longer flows is ice.
東 eastThe sun 日 rises behind a tree 木 in the east.
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 Vocabulary

冷凍 れいとう  freezing, cold storage, refrigeration
凍える こごえる  to freeze, to be chilled, to be frozen
凍る こおる  to freeze, to be frozen over, to congeal

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