Meaning

Primary

To Freeze

Alternative

To Be Frozen

Word Type

intransitive verb, godan verb

Explanation

Because the hiragana ends with an sound, you know this word is a verb. The kanji itself means frozen, so the vocab version is to freeze.

Reading

こおる
  • Kyoko
    (Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi
    (Tokyo accent, male)

Explanation

The reading actually comes from the word , which means "ice." You can kind of see where the origins of these words come from, now... really cold frozen things. So, think back to こおり, then change the to a and put it outside the kanji. That makes the reading for this こおる, in all (or most) of 's glory.

Context

Context Sentences

オレンジジュースを凍らせて氷を作ったことはありますか。

Have you ever made ice cubes by freezing orange juice?

Kanji Composition