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冷lěng

cold (low temperature); cold in manner; unfriendly; unfrequented; little known

冷 is cold — for weather, for an unfriendly manner, and for topics few people touch.

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WHOLE GLYPH & STRUCTURE

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ZDIC: 形声; the two-dot ice side carries the meaning, 令 the sound.

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WHOLE CHARACTER

cold (low temperature); cold in manner; unfriendly; unfrequented; little known

冷 is cold — for weather, for an unfriendly manner, and for topics few people touch.

ZDIC: 形声; the two-dot ice side carries the meaning, 令 the sound.

MEANING

ice (from 仌)

The two-dot ice form; a bound radical form, not a standalone page.

In 冷: meaning The two-dot ice form (from 仌 bīng); a bound radical form.

SOUND

order; command

Standalone meaning is kept separate from its historical sound role in 冷 and 零.

In 冷: sound Sound side per ZDIC: lìng shares 冷's initial l; the final (ing/eng) and tone (4 vs 3) differ.

lěngTone 3

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ZDIC: 形声; the two-dot ice side carries the meaning, 令 the sound.

次 cì — Shares a documented or visibly limited component with 冷.

净 jìng, chēng — Shares a documented or visibly limited component with 冷.

零 líng — Shares a documented or visibly limited component with 冷.

准 zhǔn — Shares a documented or visibly limited component with 冷.

Sources & verification

ZDIC single character entry — matched zdic; fields: pinyin, primary_definition, structure_strokes. Body SHA256: cb1c4f1d27c7350e7e36f745ee3b1373106990e8054717043da1e2eb6002a2a0. Captured 2026-11-01T01:46:13.913Z.
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