ice

Origin & mnemonic

This radical originates from a pictograph of frozen ice. The three horizontal strokes with a vertical stroke in the center depict shards or crystalline pieces of ice.

Mnemonic: Three stacked horizontal strokes look like frozen sheets or shards of ice layered on top of each other.

• 凑còu🔊

  to gather together, pool or collect

  HSK 7

  11 strokes

• 减jiǎn🔊

  to lower

  HSK 4

  11 strokes

• 凓lì🔊

  cold

  12 strokes

• 凛lǐn🔊

  cold

  15 strokes

• 凝níng🔊

  to congeal

  16 strokes

• 凞xī🔊

  bright

  16 strokes