冻

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to freeze; to feel very cold; aspic or jelly

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

冫 meaning “ice” + 东 sound ( dōng )

Components 冫东

freeze · Heisig RSH #1249

ice + rickshaw

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

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Word	Pinyin	Meaning
冰冻三尺，非一日之寒	bīng dòng sān chǐ , fēi yī rì zhī hán	three feet of ice does not form in a single day (idiom); Rome wasn't built in a day
天寒地冻	tiān hán dì dòng	(idiom) bitterly cold; frigid
果子冻	guǒ zi dòng	jelly
意式奶冻	Yì shì nǎi dòng	panna cotta
不冻港	bù dòng gǎng	ice-free port; open port
冻土层	dòng tǔ céng	permafrost; tundra; layer of frozen soil
爱玉冻	ài yù dòng	see 愛玉冰\|爱玉冰[ai4 yu4 bing1]
化冻	huà dòng	to defrost
防冻剂	fáng dòng jì	antifreeze agent
开冻	kāi dòng	to thaw; to melt
永冻土	yǒng dòng tǔ	permafrost
冻死	dòng sǐ	to freeze to death; to die off in winter
永久冻土	yǒng jiǔ dòng tǔ	permafrost
冻原	dòng yuán	tundra
冻干	dòng gān	to freeze-dry; freeze-dried food (such as meat or fruit)
冻土	dòng tǔ	frozen earth; permafrost; tundra
解冻	jiě dòng	to melt; to thaw; to defrost; fig. to relax (repression, enmity etc)
冻品	dòng pǐn	frozen goods; frozen product
冻结	dòng jié	to freeze (water etc); (fig.) to freeze (assets, prices etc)
鸡冻	jī dòng	chicken jelly; (Internet slang) exciting (pun on 激動\|激动[ji1 dong4])

Characters sharing the sound component 东 — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
东 sound part	dōng	east, eastern, eastward
鸫	dōng	thrush; Turdus species (various)
栋	dòng	ridge-beam; the main support of a house
胨	dòng	peptone
岽	dōng	a mountain in Guangxi province