冷

cold

7 strokes Dict coverage rank #555 U+51B7

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

冫 (semantic, “ice”) + 令 (phonetic, lìng)

components: 冫令

cold · Heisig RSH #1114

ice + 令 orders

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 令

Siblings built with the same phonetic component 令 (lìng) — compare how they read:

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
令 sound component	lìng	command, decree, order; magistrate; to allow, to cause
领	lǐng	neck, collar; lead, guide
零	líng	zero; fragment, fraction
岭	lǐng	mountain ridge, mountain peak
邻	lín	neighbor; neighborhood
龄	líng	age; years
铃	líng	small bell
怜	lián	to pity, to sympathize with
伶	líng	clever; lonely, solitary
玲	líng	the tinkling of jewelry
羚	líng	a species of antelope
鸰	líng	lark, wagtail; Motacilla species (various)
苓	líng	fungus, tuber; licorice
蛉	líng	dragonfly, sandfly; Libellulidae
呤	lìng	purine
囹	líng	prison, enclosure
拎	līn	to lift, to haul, to take
翎	líng	plume, tail feathers
聆	líng	to hear, to listen

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
冷水江市	Lěng shuǐ jiāng Shì	Lengshuijiang, a county-level city in Loudi City 婁底市\|娄底市[Lou2 di3 Shi4], Hunan
大冷天	dà lěng tiān	freezing cold day
冷气机	lěng qì jī	air conditioner
冷血动物	lěng xuè dòng wù	cold-blooded animal; fig. cold-hearted person
冷水江	Lěng shuǐ jiāng	see 冷水江市[Leng3 shui3 jiang1 Shi4]
冷空气	lěng kōng qì	(meteorology) cold air mass
生冷字	shēng lěng zì	obscure or archaic character
冷水机组	lěng shuǐ jī zǔ	chiller
打冷战	dǎ lěng zhan	to shiver; to shudder
冷语冰人	lěng yǔ bīng rén	to offend people with unkind remarks (idiom)
冷水	lěng shuǐ	cold water; unboiled water; fig. not yet ready (of plans)
水冷	shuǐ lěng	to water-cool
生冷	shēng lěng	(of food) raw or cold
冷天	lěng tiān	cold day
天冷	tiān lěng	it's cold (weather)
冷热病	lěng rè bìng	malaria
心灰意冷	xīn huī yì lěng	discouraged; downhearted
冷气	lěng qì	cold air; air conditioning
高冷	gāo lěng	reserved; aloof; (geography) (of a location) elevated and cold
发冷	fā lěng	to feel a chill (as an emotional response); to feel cold (as a clinical symptom)