liè
cold and raw
Phonosemantic compound. 冫 represents the meaning and 列 represents the sound.
Definitions
Most common words with 冽
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
---|---|---|
biting cold | ||
cold and raw | ||
chilly | ||
The north wind is icy cold. |
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*C.r[a]t | ljet | liè | cold, raw |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
4356th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 8 |
Unicode | U+51BD |
Sources
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