冷

Translingual

Stroke order

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic 冫 (“ice”) + phonetic 令 – cold as ice.

Han character

冷 (radical 15 冫+5, 7 strokes, cangjie input 戈一人戈戈 (IMOII), four-corner 3812₇, composition ⿰冫令)

See also

• 泠

References

• KangXi: page 132, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1622
• Dae Jaweon: page 295, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 296, character 5
• Unihan data for U+51B7

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Chinese

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simp. and trad.		冷

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lěng (leng³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄥˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): laang⁵
• Hakka (Pha̍k-fa-sṳ): lâng
• Min Nan (POJ): léng
• Wu (WT Romanisation): lan (T3)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: lěng
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄥˇ
    • Wade-Giles: lêng³
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: leeng
    • IPA ^(key): /lɤŋ²¹⁴/

    • (file)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: laang⁵
    • Yale: láahng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: laang⁵
    • IPA ^(key): /lɑːŋ¹³/
• Hakka
  • Romanisations:
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lâng
    • IPA (Siyen, incl. Miaoli): /laŋ²⁴/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: léng
    • Tâi-lô: líng
    • IPA (Taipei): /lɪŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lɪŋ⁵³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • WT Romanisation: lan (T3)
    • IPA ^(key): /lã²³/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (冷, reconstructed)
Character (冷), Pronunciation 1/3
Initial: 來 (37) Final: 青 Division: IV			Openness: Open Tone: Level (Ø)			Fanqie: 郎丁切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/leŋ/	/lieŋ/	/leŋ/	/leŋ/	/lɛjŋ/	/lieŋ/	/lɛŋ/
Character (冷), Pronunciation 2/3
Initial: 來 (37) Final: 庚 Division: II			Openness: Open Tone: Rising (X)			Fanqie: 魯打切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/lɣæŋX/	/lɐŋX/	/lɐŋX/	/lɯaŋX/	/laɨjŋX/	/lɐŋX/	/laŋX/
Character (冷), Pronunciation 3/3
Initial: 來 (37) Final: 青 Division: IV			Openness: Open Tone: Rising (X)			Fanqie: 力鼎切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/leŋX/	/lieŋX/	/leŋX/	/leŋX/	/lɛjŋX/	/lieŋX/	/lɛŋX/

Old Chinese pronunciation (冷, reconstructed)
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
冷					8276					令					陽					0					冷					/*raːŋʔ/
冷					8317					令					耕					0					靈					/*reːŋ/					冷凙
冷					8330					令					耕					0					笭					/*reːŋʔ/

Definitions

冷

1. cold, cool

Compounds

Derived terms

• 冷一句，熱一句／冷一句，热一句

• 冷一陣，熱一陣／冷一阵，热一阵

• 冷丁

• 冷不丁

• 冷不防

• 冷僻

• 冷光

• 冷兵器

• 冷冰冰

• 冷冰冰的

• 冷冽

• 冷凍／冷冻

• 冷凍乾燥／冷冻干燥

• 冷加工

• 冷卻／冷却

• 冷嗦嗦

• 冷嗦嗦的

• 冷嘲熱諷／冷嘲热讽

• 冷噤

• 冷場／冷场

• 冷天

• 冷孤丁

• 冷宮／冷宫

• 冷害

• 冷寂

• 冷峭

• 冷峻

• 冷床

• 冷庫／冷库

• 冷待

• 冷悽悽／冷凄凄

• 冷悽悽的／冷凄凄的

• 冷戰／冷战

• 冷敷

• 冷暖

• 冷暖自知

• 冷服

• 冷板凳

• 冷森森

• 冷森森的

• 冷槍／冷枪

• 冷櫃／冷柜

• 冷氣／冷气

• 冷氣團／冷气团

• 冷氣機／冷气机

• 冷水

• 冷汗

• 冷泉

• 冷淡

• 冷清

• 冷清清

• 冷清清的

• 冷漠

• 冷炮

• 冷焊

• 冷熱病／冷热病

• 冷燙／冷烫

• 冷盤／冷盘

• 冷盤兒／冷盘儿

• 冷眉冷眼

• 冷眼

• 冷眼旁觀／冷眼旁观

• 冷硬

• 冷碟兒／冷碟儿

• 冷笑

• 冷箭

• 冷絲兒絲兒／冷丝儿丝儿

• 冷絲絲／冷丝丝

• 冷絲絲的／冷丝丝的

• 冷縮／冷缩

• 冷臉子／冷脸子

• 冷色

• 冷艷／冷艳

• 冷若冰霜

• 冷菜

• 冷落

• 冷葷／冷荤

• 冷藏

• 冷處理／冷处理

• 冷血動物／冷血动物

• 冷覺／冷觉

• 冷言冷語／冷言冷语

• 冷話／冷话

• 冷語／冷语

• 冷貨／冷货

• 冷軋／冷轧

• 冷遇

• 冷酷

• 冷鋒／冷锋

• 冷門／冷门

• 冷門兒／冷门儿

• 冷霜

• 冷靜／冷静

• 冷風／冷风

• 冷颼颼／冷飕飕

• 冷颼颼的／冷飕飕的

• 冷食

• 冷飲／冷饮

• 冷餐

• 寒冷

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Japanese

Kanji

冷

(grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji)

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Readings

• On: れい (rei)
• Kun: ひえる (hieru), つめたい (tsumetai), さめる (sameru)

Compounds

Derived terms

冷気 冷酷 冷戦 冷蔵 冷蔵庫 冷淡 冷徹 冷凍 冷房 冷酒 (れいしゅ, reishu)

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Korean

Hanja

冷 (raeng>naeng) (hangeul 랭>냉, McCune-Reischauer raeng>naeng)

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Vietnamese

Han character

冷 (lãnh, lạnh, lênh, liểng, linh, rãnh, lành, lảnh, rảnh)

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