凍
凍 — Frozen
frozen, congeal, refrigerate
On’yomiトウ (tou)
Kun’yomiこおる (kooru)
Kun’yomiこごえる (kogoeru)
Kun’yomiこごる (kogoru)
Kun’yomiいてる (iteru)
Kun’yomiしみる (shimiru)
Stroke order (10 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 凍
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 凍結 | とうけつ touketsu | freezing (e.g. water); freezing (prices, wages, assets, etc.); moratorium |
| 冷凍 | れいとう reitou | freezing; cold storage; refrigeration |
| 凍える | こごえる kogoeru | to freeze (of one's body); to be frozen; to become numb (with cold) |
| 冷凍庫 | れいとうこ reitouko | freezer |
| 冷凍食品 | れいとうしょくひん reitoushokuhin | frozen food |
| 凍る | こおる kooru | to freeze; to become frozen; to freeze over |
Study notes
凍 is a JLPT N2 kanji written with 10 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1284 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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