冷

Translingual

Stroke order

Traditional	冷
Simplified	冷
Japanese	冷
Korean	冷

Han character

冷 (Kangxi 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 Dictionary: page 132, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1622
• Dae Jaweon: page 295, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 296, character 5
• Unihan data for U+51B7

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Chinese

trad.		冷
simp. #		冷

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 冷
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Characters in the same phonetic series (令) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
令	*ren, *reŋ, *reŋs, *reːŋ, *reːŋs
怜	*riːn, *reːŋ
零	*riːŋ, *reːŋ, *reːŋs
魿	*ɡriŋ, *reːŋ
命	*mreŋs
冷	*raːŋʔ, *reːŋ, *reːŋʔ
跉	*reŋ, *reːŋ
嶺	*reŋʔ
領	*reŋʔ
阾	*reŋʔ, *reːŋ
柃	*reŋʔ, *reːŋ
袊	*reŋʔ
詅	*reŋs, *reːŋ
旍	*ʔsleŋ
舲	*reːŋ
齡	*reːŋ
囹	*reːŋ
鴒	*reːŋ
蛉	*reːŋ
鈴	*reːŋ
苓	*reːŋ
伶	*reːŋ
泠	*reːŋ
瓴	*reːŋ
拎	*reːŋ
刢	*reːŋ
玲	*reːŋ
聆	*reːŋ
竛	*reːŋ
軨	*reːŋ
笭	*reːŋ, *reːŋʔ
翎	*reːŋ
閝	*reːŋ
鹷	*reːŋ
昤	*reːŋ
駖	*reːŋ
彾	*reːŋ
呤	*reːŋ
狑	*reːŋ
秢	*reːŋ
岭	*reːŋ
紷	*reːŋ
砱	*reːŋ
羚	*reːŋ
姈	*reːŋ
蕶	*reːŋ
澪	*reːŋ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *raːŋʔ, *reːŋ, *reːŋʔ) : semantic 冫 (“ice”) + phonetic 令 (OC *ren, *reŋ, *reŋs, *reːŋ, *reːŋs) – cold as ice.

Etymology 1

A vocalic variant of 涼 (OC *ɡ·raŋ, *ɡ·raŋs, *ɡ·raŋs, “chilly; cold”) (Schuessler, 2007).

Pronunciation 1

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 冷

1. cold; cool
2. (dialectal) to cool; to cool down; to become cold
3. cold; desolate; quiet
4. cold; indifferent
5. to dishearten
6. idle
7. disdainful; sarcastic
8. neglected; not popular
9. unfamiliar; rare
10. corny; lame
11. sudden; unexpected
12. a surname

Synonyms

• (cold): 寒 (hán)

Dialectal synonyms of 冷 (“cold”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		冷, 寒冷 weather
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	冷
	Taiwan	冷
	Singapore	冷
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	冷
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	冷
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	冷
	Wanrong	冷
	Xi'an	冷
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	冷
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	冷, 凊 very cold
	Wuhan	冷, 冷凊 weather
	Guilin	冷
	Liuzhou	冷, 凊
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	冷
	Hefei	冷
Cantonese	Guangzhou	凍, 冷
	Hong Kong	凍, 冷 weather
	Taishan	冷
	Yangjiang	凍, 冷 weather
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	凍
	Singapore (Guangfu)	凍
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	凍
Gan	Nanchang	冷
	Lichuan	冷
Hakka	Meixian	冷
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	冷, 寒
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	冷, 寒人
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	冷
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	冷, 寒
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	冷, 寒
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	冷, 寒
Huizhou	Jixi	冷, 凍
Jin	Taiyuan	冷
Northern Min	Jian'ou	凊, 鎮 very cold
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	凊, 凍
Southern Min	Xiamen	冷, 凊, 寒 weather
	Quanzhou	冷, 凊, 寒
	Shishi	寒
	Zhangzhou	冷, 凊, 寒
	Zhao'an	寒
	Dongshan	寒
	Taipei	冷, 凊, 寒
	Penang (Hokkien)	冷, 寒 weather, 凊
	Singapore (Hokkien)	冷, 寒 weather
	Manila (Hokkien)	冷, 寒, 凊
	Chaozhou	凝, 寒 weather, 凊
	Shantou	凝, 寒, 凊, 冷
	Shantou (Chenghai)	凝, 凊
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	凝
	Jieyang	凝, 凊
	Singapore (Teochew)	凝
	Wenchang	寒
	Qionghai	寒
	Singapore (Hainanese)	凊, 寒 weather
Wu	Shanghai	冷
	Shanghai (Chongming)	冷
	Suzhou	冷, 凍 weather
	Danyang	冷
	Hangzhou	冷
	Ningbo	冷
	Wenzhou	冷, 凍
	Lishui	冷
	Jinhua	冷
	Yushan	凊
Xiang	Changsha	冷, 凊 very cold
	Shuangfeng	冷, 凊 very cold

Pronunciation 2

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 冷

1. Only used in 冷凙／冷𪞝.

Pronunciation 3

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lǐng (ling³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄥˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lǐng
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄥˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lǐng
    • Wade–Giles: ling³
    • Yale: lǐng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liing
    • Palladius: лин (lin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /liŋ²¹⁴/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 冷

1. Only used in 㓑冷.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French laine (“wool”).

Pronunciation

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): laang^5-1

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): lang²

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: laang^5-1
    • Yale: lāang
    • Cantonese Pinyin: laang^5-1
    • Guangdong Romanization: lang^5-1
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /laːŋ¹³⁻⁵⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: lang²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /laŋ⁵⁵/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 冷

1. (Cantonese) woollen yarn (Classifier: 條／条; 嚿)

Etymology 3

Borrowed from .

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): laang^5-1

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: laang^5-1
    • Yale: lāang
    • Cantonese Pinyin: laang^5-1
    • Guangdong Romanization: lang^5-1
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /laːŋ¹³⁻⁵⁵/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 冷

1. (Cantonese, slang, humorous) guy; person (Classifier: 條／条)

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Kanji

冷

(grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. cool
2. cold (beer, person)
3. chill

Readings

• Go-on: りょう (ryō)^{←りやう (ryau, historical)}
• Kan-on: れい (rei, Jōyō)
• Kun: ひや (hiya, 冷や, Jōyō); さめる (sameru, 冷める, Jōyō); さます (samasu, 冷ます, Jōyō); つめたい (tsumetai, 冷たい, Jōyō); ひえる (hieru, 冷える, Jōyō)^{←ひえる (fieru, ひえる, historical)←ひ𛀁る (fyeru, ひ𛀁る, ancient)}; ひやかす (hiyakasu, 冷やかす, Jōyō); ひやす (hiyasu, 冷やす, Jōyō)

Compounds

Derived terms

• 冷(れい)気(き) (reiki)
• 冷(れい)酷(こく) (reikoku)
• 冷(れい)戦(せん) (reisen)
• 冷(れい)蔵(ぞう) (reizō)
• 冷(れい)蔵(ぞう)庫(こ) (reizōko)
• 冷(れい)淡(たん) (reitan)
• 冷(れい)徹(てつ) (reitetsu)
• 冷(れい)凍(とう) (reitō)
• 冷(れい)房(ぼう) (reibō)
• 冷(れい)酒(しゅ) (reishu)
• 冷(れい)静(せい) (reisei)

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Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

冷: Hán Nôm readings: lãnh, lạnh, lênh, liểng, linh, rãnh, lành, lảnh, rảnh

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