冫, variant of ice, serves as a semantic component to form characters. Characters formed by the semantic component 冫express meanings related to “cool, cold, low temperature, etc” such as 冷, 冬, 凉, 冻, 冰, 寒, 凄, 凌, 凛, 凝, 冽, etc. Continue reading “冫ice”
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Difference between 冫, 氵 and 灬
In domestic Chinese teaching, 冫, 氵, and 灬 are called “两点水”, “三点水”, “四点水 or 四点底” respectively. It sounds they are all related to water 水, but they are not actually all in the family of water. Continue reading “Difference between 冫, 氵 and 灬”