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Frozen


Radical Combination


Meaning

Frozen, Freeze

Mnemonic

Ice from the east is frozen. Well, of course, all ice is frozen, but ice from the east is like, really super frozen.

Imagine this super frozen ice from the east. You’ve never seen anything quite like it before. It’s so frozen, it’s like it was frozen once and then frozen again. Twice frozen. Feel the ice and how freezing cold it is. It’s super cold, guys.


Reading

On'yomi

とう

Kun'yomi

こお, こご

Nanori

None

Mnemonic

Japan is a country in the east, and this ice was frozen in とうきょう. とうきょう is really good at freezing frozen things, so it makes sense that this frozen ice came from there.

Imagine being in とうきょう and seeing all this frozen ice. Hear people speaking Japanese all around you as you touch and feel the freezing twice-frozen ice.


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