frozen, congeal, refrigerate
On'yomi (音読み)
- トウ
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
- こお.る
- こご.える
- こご.る
- い.てる
- し.みる
About this kanji
The kanji 凍 means "to freeze" or "frozen." It is commonly used in verbs, but also appears in nouns. For example, 凍結 (とうけつ) means "freezing," often in contexts like water turning to ice. Another common compound, 冷凍 (れいとう), means "freezing" and is especially used for food preservation, like in a freezer. The verb 凍る (こおる) means "to freeze," while 凍える (こごえる) means "to freeze" in a more physical sense, like getting cold due to low temperatures. Note that while 凍 is primarily used in contexts related to cold and freezing, it can also describe sensations of freezing in a more metaphorical way.
Example sentences
湖の表面が凍っている。
The surface of the lake is frozen.
Meanings across languages
- English
- frozen, congeal, refrigerate
- Tiếng Việt
- đông lạnh, ngưng tụ, làm lạnh
- 日本語
- 凍る, 固まる, 冷やす
- 한국어
- 얼다, 응고하다, 냉각하다
- 中文
- 冻结, 凝固, 冰冻
- id
- membekukan, membeku, mendinginkan
- th
- แช่แข็ง, แข็งตัว, ทำให้เย็นลง
- es
- congelado, coagular, refrigerar
- fr
- gelé, congeler, réfrigérer
- de
- gefroren, geronnen, gekühlt
- pt
- congelado, coagular, refrigerar
Common compounds
- 凍結freezing (e.g. water), freezing (prices, wages, assets, etc.), moratorium
- 冷凍freezing, cold storage, refrigeration
- 凍るto freeze, to become frozen, to freeze over
- 凍えるto freeze (of one's body), to be frozen, to become numb (with cold)
- 冷凍庫freezer
- 冷凍食品frozen food
- 解凍thawing, defrosting, decompression (of data)
- 凍死death from cold, freezing to death
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