凄 = 冫 + 妻

凄 is a Chinese hanzi, listed here under the keyword “bitter cold”. It is built from 冫 (ice) and 妻 (wife).

Keyword: bitter cold
Pinyin (Mandarin): qī
Script: Chinese hanzi
Also known as: bitter cold, miserable, dreary, горький холод, жалкий, унылый, miserable, dreary
Same glyph as a Japanese kanji: 凄 nifty

Decomposition

ids

冫 ice
妻 wife

How to find 凄 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “ice” + “wife”. 凄 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 凄 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.