# 冷 cold thing

(chill) + 令 (command) Same-ON
★★★★☆
7 strokes

## Onyomi

REI | RAY likes him some stone cold disses when he is prank-calling cartoons.

## Mnemonic

| I command you to chill my beer until it's stone cold!

## Kunyomi

つめ*たい | cold- both literally and figuratively. Also, bad puns are つめたい. ★★★☆☆
( を ) ひ＊やす | I chill something; I put something on ice ★★★☆☆
( が ) ひ＊える | something gets cold. ★★★☆☆
( が ) さ＊める | to fall out of love -the heart gets cold ★☆☆☆☆

## Jukugo

冷蔵庫(れいぞうこ) | the fuckin' fridge ★★★★☆ 冷 (cold thing) + 蔵 (traditional storehouse) + 庫 (warehouse) = 冷蔵庫 (the fuckin' fridge )
冷静(れいせい) な | cool-headed ★★☆☆☆ 冷 (cold thing) + 静 (quiet) = 冷静 (cool-headed) cool-headed, calm person - someone who doesn't panic when the shit goes down.

## Lookalikes

| Meaning | Hint | Radical
--- | --- | --- | ---
冷 | cold thing | FROST | 霜
今 | now | RAMBO | ラ
令 | command | GRASPING HAND |

Right now RAMBO is my pawn, I command him with my GRASPING HAND.

Cold thing has the FROST radical.

## Synonyms

tease 苛める ちゃかす ふざける 冷やかす からかう 嫌がらせ