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冷 kanji
cool, cold (beer, person), chill
- JLPT level
- N3 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N5 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 7
- School grade
- Grade 4 (elementary school)
On readings
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Kun readings
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Words with 冷
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —秋冷cool autumn weather; cool fall weather
- —冷涼cool; cold
- —急冷rapid cooling
- —冷麺cold noodles (in Korean style); chilled Chinese noodles; cold Chinese noodles accompanied by soup for dipping
- —冷媒refrigerant; coolant
- —冷寒cold; chilly
- —冷温cold and warm; low temperature
- —冷風cold wind; chilly breeze; (blast of) cold air
- —冷製cold dish (e.g. at a restaurant)
- —冷点cold point; cold spot
- —冷視giving a cold look; icy stare; taking a cold-hearted attitude
- —放冷allowing to cool; cooling
- —清冷clear and cold (water, etc.)
- —冷菜cold vegetable hors d'oeuvres in Chinese cuisine
- —液冷liquid cooling
- —徐冷annealing; slow cooling
- —炉冷furnace cooling
- —冷食frozen food; eating raw food; Chinese tradition of consuming only cold food on the 105th day after the winter solstice; 105th day after the winter solstice
- —冷感cold feeling; psychroesthesia
- —冷熱coldness and hotness; cooling and heating; indifference and enthusiasm; prosperity and decline; cold energy (e.g. in power generation)