冷lěng
cold, cool; lonely. 7 strokes, radical 冫, first met in HSK 4.
What 冷 is made of
冫 (bīng, ice) and 令 (lìng, command).
冫 carries the meaning — ice — and 令 carries the sound.
How to write 冷
Strokes 1–2 write 冫, then strokes 3–7 write 令.
Free, with no account: the app draws each stroke, then you write it and it says which stroke went wrong.
Print a 米字格 practice sheet for 冷
Words that use 冷
| 寒冷 | bitterly frigid weather 天气非常冷 即使冬日气候寒冷，航班依然准点。Even though the winter weather is bitterly cold, the flight was still on time. Lesson 286, 冰海航程与迎宾款待 · 海洋生态与四海远航 · Oceanic Ecology, Aviation & Winter Horizons |
| 冷静 | calm, composed 遇到事情不慌张，头脑清楚 面对突发状况，大家都很冷静。Everyone stayed calm when the crisis broke out. Lesson 311, 法治权衡与从容公允 · 铁龙驰骋与青史典章 · Continental Corridors, Legal Justice & Academic Laurels |
| 冷气 | air conditioning 指制冷设备送出的凉风 休息室开着冷气，一位老乡端来热茶。The rest room had the air conditioning on. Lesson 612, 蓝天钢梁 · 驰骛四方与格物明理 · Broad Horizons & Rational Discernment |
| 冷水 | cold water 指未加热的水 有人在台下泼冷水，他也不理。Someone in the audience threw cold water on it. Lesson 613, 礼堂理财 · 驰骛四方与格物明理 · Broad Horizons & Rational Discernment |
Characters that share the sound part 令
Written with the same phonetic, so their readings tend to rhyme with each other.
More characters with the radical 冫
All 11 of them, and what the radical means, on the 冫 radical page.