What is the Kanji for "Freeze" and "Frozen"?

If you are wondering what is the Japanese Kanji for "Freeze" and "Frozen", you've come to the right place!

The Japanese Kanji for "Freeze" and "Frozen" is "凍".

This kanji has 3 readings:

Its kunyomi readings are "Koo" and "Kogo".

Its onyomi reading is "Tou".

kunyomi readings are based on the pronunciation of native Japanese words, and onyomi readings are based on the Chinese pronunciation of the character.

If you visually breakdown this kanji, you can see is made up of 2 parts:

The radical "冫" means "Ice" . And The kanji "東" means "East" and can be read as "Tou" and "Higashi".

Now, let's make sure you understand this kanji the other way around too.

What does the kanji "凍" mean in japanese?

"凍" means "Freeze" and "Frozen".

Japanese School Students learn this kanji in Junior Highschool, while foreigners may learn this kanji in preparation for the JLPT N2 exam.

Here are some words that use this kanji:

凍る: "Freeze". The Japanese verb '凍る (こおる)' means 'to freeze'. It is used to describe the state of a liquid or substance becoming solid due to low temperatures. For example: The water in the lake froze - (湖の水が凍った). The meat in the freezer has frozen - (冷凍庫の肉が凍る).

冷凍: "Freeze". The verbal noun '冷凍 (れいとう)' means 'to freeze'. It refers to the process of lowering the temperature of an object or substance to the point where it becomes solid. This is commonly done to preserve food and other perishable items. For example: I need to freeze the meat to prevent it from spoiling - (肉を腐敗するのを防ぐために冷凍する必要がある). The meat was frozen solid - (肉は固く冷凍された).

To make really sure you learn this Kanji, I've prepared an interactive lesson for you. You are going to learn the readings and meanings of this kanji.

But first, you need to know a little bit about Hiragana and Katakana.

Hiragana and katakana are japanese syllabaries, this means that each character represents a syllable.

This are the characters you need to know for this lesson:

The hiragana "と" is read as "to". The hiragana "う" is read as "u". The hiragana "こ" is read as "ko". The hiragana "お" is read as "o". And The hiragana "ご" is read as "go".

Heres a quick tutorial on how to use it. You'll be asked three type of questions: meaning, reading, and writing.

For meanings questions all you have to do is type the english meaning. If there is more than one meaning, you have to include them all in your answer separating them by commas (,).

For Reading questions you have to type the reading in romaji (roman letters, our normal alphabet) and it'll be automatically converted to hiragana if necessary. If there is more than one reading, you have to include them all in your answer separating them by commas (,).

For Writing questions some options will appear and all you have to do is select the correct ones.