The kanji 凍: meaning, readings and stroke order

凍

Meaning: freeze
On reading: トウ tou
Kun reading: こお（る） kooru、こご（える） kogoeru
Strokes: 10
Radical: 冫 ice
Level: Level 8 · the last years of junior high

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: đóng băng, lạnh cóng (đống)
Japanese: こおる。こごえる。
Korean: 얼다, 얼어붙다 (동)
Chinese: 冻、结冰 (冻)

Readings, words and example sentences

トウ tou · on reading

冷れい凍とう
freezing, frozen
冷れい凍とうの食品を買います。
I buy frozen food.

こお（る） kooru · kun reading

凍こおる
to freeze
池の水が 凍こおりました。
The water in the pond froze.

こご（える） kogoeru · kun reading · less common

凍こごえる
to go numb with cold
さむさで手が 凍こごえます。
My hands go numb from the cold.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.