Read Edit View history Discussion 凄 qī HSK7 bitter cold Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Phonosemantic compound. 冫 represents the meaning and 妻 represents the sound. Simplified form of 淒. Components 冫 冫 Meaning component bīng ice 冫 is a component form of 冰. 妻 妻 Sound component qī wife Historical Pronunciations Middle ChineseOld ChineseZhengzhangsʰiːlUnicodetseitsei Sources Readings & variants Unicode Historical pronunciations Zhengzhang Shangfang