冷 : Cool

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Components:

冫令

cool, cold (beer, person), chill

On 'yomi:

レイ(rei)

Kun 'yomi:

つめ.たい(tsume.tai) ひ.える(hi.eru) ひ.や(hi.ya) ひ.ややか(hi.yayaka) ひ.やす(hi.yasu) ひ.やかす(hi.yakasu) さ.める(sa.meru) さ.ます(sa.masu)

Strokes:	7
Radical:	冫 (15)
Usage Rating:	667

JLPT:	N3
old JLPT:	2
Grade:	4

Unicode:	051b7
jis208:	46-68

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冷 Usage examples

冷めやらぬ(さめやらぬ) 冷め遣らぬ(さめやらぬ)	lingering (usu. feeling, emotion, etc.), continuing (to), still (...)
冷涼(れいりょう)	coolness
寒冷地(かんれいち)	cold district, northern district
肝を冷やす(きもをひやす) きもを冷やす(きもをひやす)	to be struck with terror, to be terrified, to be scared to death
興を冷ます(きょうをさます)	to be a wet-blanket
冷たい戦争(つめたいせんそう)	cold war, the Cold War
冷やし中華(ひやしちゅうか) 冷し中華(ひやしちゅうか)	chilled Chinese noodles
冷ややかな態度(ひややかなたいど)	cold attitude
電気冷蔵庫(でんきれいぞうこ)	electric refrigerator, fridge
冷却液(れいきゃくえき)	coolant
冷却水(れいきゃくすい)	coolant
冷蔵室(れいぞうしつ)	cold room, refrigerated room
冷凍機(れいとうき) 冷凍器(れいとうき)	refrigerator, freezer
冷凍室(れいとうしつ)	freezing compartment, freezer
急冷(きゅうれい)	rapid cooling
冷暗所(れいあんしょ)	cool dark place
冷暖房(れいだんぼう)	air-conditioning, heating and cooling
冷麺(れいめん)	cold Chinese noodles accompanied by soup for dipping
ガス冷却炉(ガスれいきゃくろ)	gas-cooled reactor
リービヒ冷却器(リービヒれいきゃくき)	Liebig condenser
一次冷却水(いちじれいきゃくすい)	primary cooling water
過冷却(かれいきゃく)	excessive cooling, supercooling
寒冷高気圧(かんれいこうきあつ)	cold anticyclon
緊急炉心冷却装置(きんきゅうろしんれいきゃくそうち)	emergency core cooling system, ECCS
冷媒(れいばい)	refrigerant, coolant
沈着冷静(ちんちゃくれいせい)	calm, cool, and collected, level and calm
冷汗三斗(れいかんさんと)	breaking into cold sweat when one is very embarrassed or scared
冷酷無情(れいこくむじょう)	cruel and heartless, merciless, implacable
冷酷無惨(れいこくむざん) 冷酷無残(れいこくむざん) 冷酷無慚(れいこくむざん) 冷酷無慙(れいこくむざん)	cruel and heartless, merciless, implacable, cold-blooded
残忍冷酷(ざんにんれいこく)	atrocious and cold-blooded, cruel, brutal, merciless
冷静沈着(れいせいちんちゃく)	calm, cool, and collected, level and calm
冷淡無情(れいたんむじょう)	cold-hearted, callous, pitiless, unsympathetic
冷やり(ひやり)	alarm, shock
政冷経熱(せいれいけいねつ)	cold political relations but hot economical relations (often said about China-Japan relations)
夕冷え(ゆうびえ)	evening chill, cool of the evening
冷や飯草履(ひやめしぞうり)	crudely made zori with straw fastenings
新冷戦(しんれいせん)	new Cold war
冷や飯を食う(ひやめしをくう)	to be treated coldly, to be kept in a low position
冷房設備(れいぼうせつび)	cooling facilities, air-conditioning facilities
冷凍保存(れいとうほぞん)	cold storage, deep freeze, cryopreservation
冷戦終結(れいせんしゅうけつ)	the end of the Cold War