凍
to freeze; to feel very cold; aspic or jelly
Closest English meanings
freeze·frozen
The Calligrapher — Liǔ Gōngquán 柳公权
Tang regular-script master famed for 'bones' of strength; rival to Yan Zhenqing.
Tang calligrapher (778–865), master of regular script — Tang master of bone-strength regular script, paired forever with Yan Zhenqing as 'Yan sinew, Liu bone'. Tang dynasty
Cultural Story
The traditional form joined ice and a cord's end, 凍, the hard stop of cold. The Odes note a 凍 ground that would not take the seed. A man 凍死 on the pass was counted in the spring roll. The word was the season's grip, plain and final, written with the older ice.
Common words & phrases
- 冻结 freeze · frozen
- 冷冻 freeze · refrigerate
- 冰冻 frozen · ice
- 冻疮 chilblain
Read the story behind the character
The pipe 凍結 in the night; the food is 凍結 for the week. The pond is 冰凍, skated on by dawn. A stray 凍瘡, chilblain, on the ear. The word means a lock and a chill — the same cold that holds the pump and the child's fingers, written in the old hand.
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