Chinese Character 凍 Meanings and components.

Form

凍

Meaning

凍 meaning[3] in English

To Freeze.

To Feel Very Cold.

Aspic Or Jelly.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 凍 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are 'ice' radical in … (冫) , and surname Dong (東)

Its radical[1] is: 冫 (bing1) which means: 'Ice' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 15), Occurring In 冰[Bing1], 次[Ci4] Etc, Known As 兩點水|两点水[Liang3 Dian3 Shui3], .冫bing1'ice' radical …

In cangjie it is written with IMDW

How to write 凍

To write凍dong4to freeze you should write a combination of 冫bing1'ice' radical … , 東dong1surname Dong arranged in a 吅 shape:

冫 + 東 = 凍

凍 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 凍 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 凍, looks as follow:

凍
Pinyin:dong4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Freeze . To Feel Very Cold . Aspic Or Jelly
冫
Pinyin:bing1
Meaning[3]: 'Ice' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 15), Occurring In 冰[Bing1], 次[Ci4] Etc, Known As 兩點水|两点水[Liang3 Dian3 Shui3]
東
Pinyin:dong1 Shape:+
Meaning[3]: Surname Dong
木
Pinyin:mu4
Meaning[3]: Surname Mu
日
Pinyin:ri4
Meaning[3]: Abbr. For 日本[Ri4 Ben3], Japan

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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