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凍 = 冫 + 東

凍 is a Japanese kanji written with 10 strokes, listed here under the keyword “frozen”. It is built from 冫 (ice) and 東 (east). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 545.

Keyword
frozen
RTK frame
545
Strokes
10
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
トウ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
こお.る, こご.える, こご.る, い.てる, し.みる
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
замороженный
Same glyph as a traditional Chinese hanzi
凍 freeze

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 冫 ice
  2. 東 east

How to find 凍 without knowing its reading

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

Open 凍 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.