冷飕飕
lěng​sōu​sōu

chilly

冷 lěng cold

Phonosemantic compound. 冫 represents the meaning and 令 represents the sound.

Components

冫
冫 Meaning component
bīng ice

冫 is a component form of 冰.

令
令 Sound component
lìng command

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangraːŋʔ
reːŋ
reːŋʔ
Unicodelæ̌ng
læ̌ng

說文解字

《說文》：“冷，寒也。从仌。令聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

飕 sōu sound of wind Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 风 represents the meaning and 叟 represents the sound. Simplified form of 颼.

Components

风
风 Meaning component
fēng wind
叟
叟 Sound component
sǒu, sōu, xiāo old man

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

颼 sound of wind Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 風 represents the meaning and 叟 represents the sound.

Components

風
風 Meaning component
fēng wind
叟
叟 Sound component
sǒu, sōu, xiāo old man

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangsru
Unicodeshriou

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica