Meanings
- frozen
- congeal
- refrigerate
Strokes10
JLPT levelN2
School gradeSecondary school
Frequency#1284 of 2,500
Kanji N2
凍: frozen, congeal, refrigerate
凍 is a JLPT N2 kanji meaning frozen, congeal, refrigerate, written with 10 strokes. It is read トウ (on) and こおる, こごえる, こごる (kun). It is one of the jōyō kanji taught in secondary school. You will see it in 冷凍 (れいとう, freezing) and 凍える (こごえる, to freeze).
凍
On reading · Kun reading
On reading
- トウ
On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.
Kun reading
- こおる
- こごえる
- こごる
- いてる
- しみる
Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.
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Common words with 凍
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- JLPT N2
- 凍えるこごえるJLPT N2
to freeze (of one's body); to be frozen
- 凍るこおるJLPT N3
to freeze; to become frozen; to freeze over
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