dòng
freeze
Phonosemantic compound. 冫 represents the meaning and 東 represents the sound.
Evolution
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)Regular script
ModernMost common words with 凍
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
to freeze | ||
to freeze | ||
to freeze (water etc) | ||
to freeze to death | ||
gelatin dessert |
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*tˤoŋ-s | tuwngH | dòng | freeze |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
Appears in 14.5763% of movies
1649th most common character in movies
2127th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 10 |
Simplified | |
Unicode | U+51CD |
Shuowen | “凍，仌也。从仌，東聲。” |
Sources
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