Memory phrase for the character: 冻

冻

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Meaning

to freeze, to feel very cold, aspic or jelly

Pronunciation

dòng

Explanation

 Left: ice 冫, right: east 东/東 (Where the sun 日 rises behind a tree 木)

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

Radicals

冫 iceThis radical is similar to “water 氵”. However, it has one stroke less.
東 eastIn this radical, the sun rises 日 behind a tree 木 in the east. The radical has been simplified to 东.




 Vocabulary

冻结 dòng jié  to freeze (loan, wage, price etc)
冻死 dòng sǐ  to freeze to death; to die off in winter
冷冻 lěng dòng  to freeze; to deep-freeze
霜冻 shuāng dòng  frost; frost damage (to crop)
霜冻 shuāng dòng  

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