10 strokes
Jouyou kanji
Taught in 8th grade
JLPT exam level N2

frozen, congeal, refrigerate

Kun'yomi
  • to freeze
  • to freeze (of one's body)
  • こご
  • to freeze
  • to freeze
On'yomi
  • トウ
Nanori
  • こおり

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

トウ 40.5%
こお 39.1%
こごえるこご 13.7%
てる 6.7%
みる 0.1%

Character Breakdown

frozen, congeal, refrigerate
トウ こお.る こご.える (8th, N2)
two-stroke water radical or ice radical (no. 15)
ヒョウ こおり (Kentei 1)
east
トウ ひがし しの (2nd, N5)
tree, wood
き モク こ- (1st, N5)
day, sun, Japan
ひ にっ ニチ (1st, N5)

Common Words

to freeze (of one's body)
freezing (e.g. water) ②freezing (prices, wages, assets, etc.)
to freeze to ②to freeze in place
thawing ②decompression (of data)
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References

Unicode hex code 51CD
JIS X 0208 1-37-64
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 649
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 427
Halpern, J. New Japanese-English Character Dictionary 129
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 146
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha) 97
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 111
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 506
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 545
Gakken A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage 1274
O'Neill, P.G. Essential Kanji 1435
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 1670
Henshall, K. A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters 1644
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana 1205
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana (2011 edition) 1268
Hodges & Okazaki Japanese Kanji Flashcards 349
Kask, A. Tuttle Kanji Cards 1309
Nishiguchi & Kono Kanji in Context 1094
Kodansha Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide 168
Maniette, Y. Les Kanjis dans la tete 518
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 2b8.2
Four corner code 3519.6
De Roo Code 364