凍

  • to freeze;
  • to be cold;

Etymology

A phono-semantic compound made from:

冫 (빙, “ice” radical) - conveys the meaning “ice, coldness”;

東 (동, “east”) - provides the sound.

Usage in Korean

Used in words like 凍結 (동결, “freezing, freeze-up”) or 解凍 (해동, “thawing”).

Words that derived from 凍

凍
얼
동
eol
dong
Kangxi radical:15, 冫 + 8
Strokes:10
Unicode:U+51CD
Cangjie input:
  • 戈一木田 (IMDW)
Composition:
  • ⿰ 冫 東

Neighboring characters in the dictionary

References

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