凍 – frozen, congeal, refrigerate

10 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#1284 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 凍 means frozen, congeal, refrigerate. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is トウ (tou); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is こお.る、こご.える、こご.る、い.てる、し.みる (kooru, kogoeru, kogoru, iteru, shimiru). It is written with 10 strokes, under radical 冫 (no. 15).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
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

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 冫 (Kangxi radical 15). Components: ｜・一・日・木・冫・田.

Words using 凍

凍るこおるto freeze冷凍れいとうfreezing凍えるこごえるto freeze (of one's body)

Example sentences

道が凍っているから気を付けなさい。

The road is icy, so take care.

Tatoeba #123622

その魚と肉を冷凍してください。

Please freeze the fish and meat.

Tatoeba #211437

この部屋は凍えるよ、シンディー。この寒さはたえられないよ。

It's freezing in this room, Cindy. I can't put up with this cold.

Tatoeba #219982

Kanji with the same radical

冷冬凝凄冴凌

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