冻
to freeze; to feel very cold; aspic or jelly
7 strokes
Dict coverage rank #1,451 U+51BB
How 冻 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
冫 (semantic, “ice”) + 东 (phonetic, dōng)
How to remember it
freeze · Heisig RSH #1249
ice + rickshaw
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 东
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 东 (dōng) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 东 sound component | dōng | east, eastern, eastward |
| 鸫 | dōng | thrush; Turdus species (various) |
| 栋 | dòng | ridge-beam; the main support of a house |
| 胨 | dòng | peptone |
| 岽 | dōng | a mountain in Guangxi province |
Words containing 冻
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 冰冻三尺，非一日之寒 | bīng dòng sān chǐ , fēi yī rì zhī hán | three feet of ice does not form in a single day (idiom); Rome wasn't built in a day |
| 天寒地冻 | tiān hán dì dòng | (idiom) bitterly cold; frigid |
| 果子冻 | guǒ zi dòng | jelly |
| 意式奶冻 | Yì shì nǎi dòng | panna cotta |
| 不冻港 | bù dòng gǎng | ice-free port; open port |
| 冻土层 | dòng tǔ céng | permafrost; tundra; layer of frozen soil |
| 爱玉冻 | ài yù dòng | see 愛玉冰|爱玉冰[ai4 yu4 bing1] |
| 化冻 | huà dòng | to defrost |
| 防冻剂 | fáng dòng jì | antifreeze agent |
| 开冻 | kāi dòng | to thaw; to melt |
| 永冻土 | yǒng dòng tǔ | permafrost |
| 冻死 | dòng sǐ | to freeze to death; to die off in winter |
| 永久冻土 | yǒng jiǔ dòng tǔ | permafrost |
| 冻原 | dòng yuán | tundra |
| 冻干 | dòng gān | to freeze-dry; freeze-dried food (such as meat or fruit) |
| 冻土 | dòng tǔ | frozen earth; permafrost; tundra |
| 解冻 | jiě dòng | to melt; to thaw; to defrost; fig. to relax (repression, enmity etc) |
| 冻品 | dòng pǐn | frozen goods; frozen product |
| 冻结 | dòng jié | to freeze (water etc); (fig.) to freeze (assets, prices etc) |
| 鸡冻 | jī dòng | chicken jelly; (Internet slang) exciting (pun on 激動|激动[ji1 dong4]) |