冷 Cool

Radical Combination

• 冫

  Ice
• 令

  Orders

Meaning

Primary

Cool

Alternative

Cold

Mnemonic

You got your ice orders. Of course, your ice orders are to make things cool and cold.

Hints

Making things cool and cold are pretty much the only orders you'll hear from ice. Ice is very simple in that regard.

Readings

On’yomi

れい

Kun’yomi

つめ, ひ, さ

Nanori

None

Mnemonic

How will you make things cool and cold? You'll use a special ray (れい) gun that shoots a cold ray.

Hints

Imagine a cold ray coming out of your ray gun. Anything it touches becomes cold. "Stay cool, bird boy," you say.

Hint: When you see the radical orders (令) in a kanji, it's fairly likely the reading will be れい.