ice

Origin & mnemonic

This radical originates from a pictograph of frozen ice. The three horizontal strokes with a vertical stroke in the center depict shards or crystalline pieces of ice.

Mnemonic: Three stacked horizontal strokes look like frozen sheets or shards of ice layered on top of each other.

• 冫bīng🔊

  "ice" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 15), occurring in 冰[bing1], 次[ci4] etc, known as 兩點水|两点水[liang3 dian3 shui3]

  2 strokes

• 习xí🔊

  (bound form) to practice

  3 strokes

• 冬dōng🔊

  (onom.) beating a drum

  5 strokes

• 冮Gāng🔊

  surname Gang

  5 strokes

• 冲chōng🔊

  (of water) to dash against

  HSK 4

  6 strokes

• 冰bīng🔊

  variant of 冰[bing1]

  HSK 4

  6 strokes

• 决jué🔊

  to decide

  6 strokes

• 冱hù🔊

  congealed

  6 strokes

• 冷lěng🔊

  cold

  HSK 1

  7 strokes

• 冻dòng🔊

  to freeze

  HSK 5

  7 strokes

• 况kuàng🔊

  moreover

  7 strokes

• 冶yě🔊

  to smelt

  7 strokes

• 净jìng🔊

  clean

  HSK 6

  8 strokes

• 冼Xiǎn🔊

  surname Xian

  8 strokes

• 冽liè🔊

  cold and raw

  8 strokes

• 凃tú🔊

  old variant of 涂[tu2]

  9 strokes

• 凉liáng🔊

  cool

  HSK 2

  10 strokes

• 准zhǔn🔊

  to allow

  HSK 3

  10 strokes

• 凌líng🔊

  to approach

  10 strokes

• 凄qī🔊

  intense cold

  10 strokes

• 凅gù🔊

  dried up

  10 strokes

• 凇sōng🔊

  icicle

  10 strokes

• 凊qìng🔊

  (literary) cold; cool; chilly

  10 strokes

• 凋diāo🔊

  withered

  10 strokes

• 凑còu🔊

  to gather together, pool or collect

  HSK 7

  11 strokes

• 减jiǎn🔊

  to lower

  HSK 4

  11 strokes

• 凓lì🔊

  cold

  12 strokes

• 凛lǐn🔊

  cold

  15 strokes

• 凝níng🔊

  to congeal

  16 strokes

• 凞xī🔊

  bright

  16 strokes