冷
冷 — cool, cold (beer, person), chill
- JLPT
- JLPT N3
- Strokes
- 7
- Taught in
- School year 4
- Frequency
- #667 most common
Readings
On'yomi came with the character from Chinese; kun'yomi is the native Japanese word it was borrowed for. A dot marks where okurigana takes over, a hyphen marks a prefix or suffix position.
- On'yomi
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- れい rei
- れい rei
- Kun'yomi
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- つめ.たい tsume.tai
- ひ.える hi.eru
- ひ.や hi.ya
- ひ.ややか hi.yayaka
- ひ.やす hi.yasu
- ひ.やかす hi.yakasu
- さ.める sa.meru
- さ.ます sa.masu
- つめ.たい tsume.tai
Words that use 冷
A kanji is worth learning for the words it unlocks. These are from the JLPT vocabulary lists.
- 冷たい つめたい cold (to the touch) JLPT N5
- 冷蔵庫 れいぞうこ refrigerator JLPT N5
- 冷房 れいぼう air conditioning JLPT N4
- 冷える ひえる to grow cold JLPT N4
- 冷ます さます to cool (e.g. from a high temperature to room temperature) JLPT N3
- 冷める さめる to cool down JLPT N3
- 冷静 れいせい calmness JLPT N3
- 冷やす ひやす to cool JLPT N3
- 冷凍 れいとう freezing JLPT N2
- 冷酷 れいこく cruelty JLPT N1