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Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N2

1284 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 10

Meaning: frozen, congeal, refrigerate

Kunyomi: こお.る, こご.える, こご.る, い.てる, し.みる

Onyomi: トウ

Composition: 冫 東

凍

Radical

Radical: 冫

Reading: にすい

Meaning: ice

Strokes: 2

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Examples

Examples with audio

凍傷(とうしょう)   frostbite

冷凍庫(れいとうこ)   freezer

凍結する(とうけつする)   freeze

凍死する(とうしする)   freeze to death

解凍する(かいとうする)   thaw

凍る(こおる)   freeze [v.i.]

凍える(こごえる)   be numb with cold [v.i.]

Onyomi Examples

凍結 (トウケツ) freezing (e.g. water), freezing (prices, wages, assets, etc.), moratorium, suspension (e.g. investment)

凍死 (トウシ) death from cold, freezing to death

解凍 (カイトウ) thawing, defrosting, decompression (of data), extraction, unpacking, unzipping

自動解凍 (ジドウカイトウ) self-extracting (file)

Kunyomi Examples

凍る (こおる) to freeze, to become frozen, to freeze over

凍える (こごえる) to freeze (of one's body), to be frozen, to become numb (with cold), to be chilled

凍てる (いてる) to freeze, to freeze over

凍みる (しみる) to freeze, to be frozen over, to congeal

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