冷冻室
lěng​dòng​shì

freezer compartment

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
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Zhengzhang Shangfang
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Academia Sinica
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Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

冻 dòng freeze Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 冫 represents the meaning and 东 represents the sound. Simplified form of 凍.

Components

冫
冫 Meaning component
bīng ice

冫 is a component form of 冰.

东
东 Sound component
dōng east

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

室 shì room

Phonosemantic compound. 宀 represents the meaning and 至 represents the sound.

Components

宀
宀 Meaning component
mián roof
至
至 Sound component
zhì reach

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Shang ~1100 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Spring and Autumn ~500 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Warring States ~400 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Meaning (2)

屋臺

Remnant (1)

屋

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartsyits.ti[t] chamber; house

說文解字

《說文》：“室，實也。从宀，从至。至，所止也。”

Sources

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Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

凍 dòng freeze Traditional

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

Components

冫
冫 Meaning component
bīng ice

冫 is a component form of 冰.

東
東 Sound component
dōng east

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarttuwngHtˤoŋ-sfreeze
Zhengzhangtoːŋ
toːŋs
Unicodedùng
dùng

說文解字

仌也。从仌東聲。

Sources

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Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
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Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)