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冷
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JLPT HSK 1 |
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| cold
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Left: ice 冫, right: order/command 令 (A lid  on the bent person卩 was ordered.)
Ice is ordered to be cold.
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准
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JLPT HSK 2 |
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| to allow, to grant, in accordance with, permit, standard
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Left: ice 冫, right: bird 隹
(Many birds have to leave northern Europe for the south in winter because of the cold. But one is allowed to stay:) The ice-bird has that permission.
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次
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JLPT HSK 2 |
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| next in sequence, the second (day, time etc)
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Left: ice 冫, right: lacking 欠 (showing a person 人 yawning  with mouth wide open, "lacking" good manners)
Ice is lacking, what comes next?
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冰
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JLPT HSK 3 |
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| ice, to freeze
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Left: ice, frozen 冫, right: water 水
Ice made from water is real ice.
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决
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JLPT HSK 3 |
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| to decide, to determine, definitely
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Left: ice 冫, right: 夬 (a person 人 with a backpack コ)
(It is already melting:) Because of the ice in the backpack, the person has to make a decision!
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净
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JLPT HSK 3 |
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| clean, completely, only
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Left: ice 冫, right: dispute/fight 争 (The bent person ⺈ with stick 亅 in hand  looking for dispute) (simplified from 淨 (= water 氵, hand from above 爫, broom 帚)
About the use of ice it has been disputed, if you can clean with it. - Or: Using this "water" 冫=氵the bent person (is scrubbing) with the broom 亅 in the hand 彐 when cleaning.
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冬
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JLPT HSK 3 |
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| winter
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Top: sitting cross-legged or upturned foot 夂, below: ice 冫 (夂 is a picture of sb. sitting cross-legged, but often also used as: upturned foot)
With an upturned foot on the ice: It is winter.
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减
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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| to reduce, subtract, to lower, to diminish
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Left: ice 冫, right: salty 咸 (The taste is for the person 人 (= ノ & 一) in the mouth 口 like a halberd 戈 such salty) [cf.11th earth-branch 戌])
(Referring water content when boiling i.e. sea water:) It becomes (as hard as) ice and tastes salty if it is further reduced.
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况
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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| moreover, not to mention, condition, situation
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Left: ice 冫, right: elder brother 兄 (A big mouth 口 on feet 儿)
An ice is for my elder brother, moreover!
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寒
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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| cold, poor, to tremble
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From top: a roof 宀, a well 井, variant of six 六, variant of ice 冫
Under the roof, the well has six pieces of ice: It's cold!
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凉
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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| cool, cold
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Left: ice 冫, right: capital 京 (image of a stone lantern)
If there is ice on the stone lantern, it's cool.
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冲
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| to rush, clash, rinse, go straight ahead
chōng, chòng
冫
中
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冲 was traditionally: 沖 with water 氵that was poured into a middle 中
Put ice (traditionally: water) into the middle for rinsing or to rush forward.
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凌
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| to approach, encroach, thick ice, maltreat
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Left: ice 冫, right: slowly, dawdle 夌 (Who walks over the earth 土 with legs 儿 that are crossed 夂, is dawdling.)
You turn into ice when you dawdle during your: approach.
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弱
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| weak, feeble, young, inferior
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Twice a bow 弓 with ice 冫
Bows with ice on them are too weak.
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冻
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| to freeze, to feel very cold, aspic or jelly
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Left: ice 冫, right: east 东/東 (Where the sun 日 rises behind a tree 木)
(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.
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凑
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| to gather together, pool or collect, happen by chance
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Left: ice 冫, right: play music 奏 (Three 三 persons 人 perform 'heaven-like' 天 music.)
On the ice, they play music and people gather together.
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凝
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| to congeal, coagulate, to gaze/stare at sb.
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Left: ice 冫, right: doubt 疑 (Both persons 匕, マ with the arrow 矢 are correct 正 in their doubts.)
Ice is without doubt congealed.
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凄
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| sad, mournful, ice-cold frigid, dismal, grim, bleak
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Left: ice 冫, right: wife 妻 (The ten 十-handed woman 女 is my [hardworking] wife.)
My ice-cold wife makes me: sad.
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搀
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| to assist by the arm, to support, sustain
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Left hand 扌, right: avoid, escape 免 (an escaping rabbit 兔: long ears ⺈, big eyes 罒, legs 儿), two strokes 丶丶but without tail 丶)
The hand that leads you like a rabbit over the ice 冫: assists you by an arm.
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冶
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JLPT no HSK |
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| metallurgy, to smelt, cast, to mould
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Left: ice 冫, which stands for "not-melted", right: platform, stand 台 (nose 厶 over the mouth 口)
"Ice" (= sth. not melted) is the platform (= starting point) for smelting in metallurgy.
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冯
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JLPT no HSK |
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| to gallop, to assist, to attack
féng, píng
冫
马
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Left: ice 冫 (here: two feet of the horse), right: horse 马/馬 (with mane 三, four legs 灬 and tail ㄅ)
Two feet of the horse (are touching the earth) when: galloping.
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凛
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JLPT no HSK |
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| freezing, shiver with cold or fear, strict, afraid, stern
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Left: ice 冫, right: report, petition 禀 (It is covered 亠 (= confidential) and at my return 回 I show 示: the report.)
At the ice-cold report I shivered of fear.
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溺
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JLPT no HSK |
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| to drown, to indulge, addicted to, to spoil (a child)
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Left: water 氵, right: weak 弱 (Two bows 弓 with ice 冫are too weak.)
If you are in the water and get weak, you will drown.
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凋
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JLPT no HSK |
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| withered
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Left: ice 冫, right: circumference 周 (A framed 冂 luck 吉, sets its circumference)
Ice has a circumference, that is: withered.
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