THE RADICAL SHED

The ice radical

Radical · cold things

冫

Two ice crystals. Cold, freezing, winter words.

14 of the 17 characters that carry it

Tap a character to open its word family. The shared part is doing the same job in every one.

冷B1

冷lěngcold 寒冷hánlěngcold; frigid 冷静lěngjìngcalm; cool-headed 忽冷忽热hūlěng-hūrènow hot, now cold; alternating in mood

习B1

学习xuéxíto learn; to study 复习fùxíto review; revision 练习liànxíto practice; exercise 习惯xíguànhabit; to be used to

准B2

准备zhǔnbèito prepare; preparation 标准biāozhǔnstandard; criterion 准zhǔnaccurate; exact 准确zhǔnquèaccurate

决B3

解决jiějuéto solve; to settle 决定juédìngto decide; decision 决赛juésàifinals 决心juéxīndetermination

冰B3

冰bīngice 冰激凌bīngjīlíngice cream 冰箱bīngxiāngrefrigerator 滑冰huábīngto skate

凉B3

凉快liángkuaicool; pleasantly cool 凉liángcool; cold 着凉zháoliángto catch cold 荒凉huāngliángdesolate

净B3

干净gānjìngclean; neat 净jìngclean 洁净jiéjìngclean 净化jìnghuàto purify

凌B3

冰激凌bīngjīlíngice cream 凌晨língchénearly morning (before dawn); small hours 盛气凌人shèngqì-língrénoverbearing

减B4

减jiǎnto reduce; to subtract 减轻jiǎnqīngto lessen; to alleviate 减少jiǎnshǎoto reduce; to decrease 减肥jiǎnféito lose weight

况B4

情况qíngkuàngcircumstances 状况zhuàngkuàngcondition 路况lùkuàngroad condition 概况gàikuànggeneral situation

冲B5

冲chōngto rush; to charge 冲动chōngdòngimpulse; impulsive 冲击chōngjīto strike against; to impact 冲突chōngtūto conflict; to clash

冻B5

冻dòngto freeze 冻结dòngjiéto freeze 冷冻lěngdòngto freeze

凑B7

凑còuto gather together; to pool; to move close 凑合còuheto make do; to get by; passable 凑巧còuqiǎofortunate; as luck would have it 紧凑jǐncòucompact

凝B7

凝固nínggùto freeze 凝结níngjiéto condense 凝聚níngjùto condense 凝视níngshìto gaze at; to fix one's eyes on

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