凉
liángliàng HSK2

cool

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approved by cochleoid · May 31, 2022, 09:32 PM · Reviewed by Peter Olson on Jun 1, 2022, 06:46 AM

Adding same original meaning as 涼 ("light alcohol, dilute wine"). Explaining that 冫 here is not the component form of 冰 but a simplification of 氵. This simplified variant actually predates PRC character simplification as I found it in the Kangxi dictionary. Source: 康熙字典|https://ctext.org/dictionary.pl?if=en&id=318959

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Original meaning: light alcohol, dilute wine

Phonosemantic compound. 冫 here is not the component form of 冰 but a simplification of 氵 based on the original meaning of "light alcohol, dilute wine". 京 represents the sound. Simplified form of 涼.

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冫

氵 was simplified to 冫

京
京 Sound component
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