Radical 15

冫
14 ⼍ ◄	15th	► ⼏ 16
Pinyin :	冰 bīng 两点 水 liǎngdiǎnshuǐ (= two-point water)
Zhuyin :	ㄅ 一 ㄥ
Hiragana :	に す い nisui (= water drop)
Kanji :	二水 nisui (= water drop)
Hangul :	얼음 eoreum
Sinocorean :	빙 bing
Codepoint :	U + 51AB
Stroke sequence :

The radical 15 meaning " ice " is one of 23 traditional radicals of Chinese characters that are written with two strokes.

With 29 combinations of characters in Mathews' Chinese-English Dictionary , it is relatively rare in the lexicon.

The radical 冫 places signs in the context of cold and related things such as in

• 冷 (= cold) or
• 冶 (= melt, also of metal).

The two drops of water 冫 are on the left. If they find themselves in the lower position, they change into two small lines such as, for example

• 冬 (= winter) or
• 寒 (= cold).

The symbol is similar to the katakana symbols ソ  “so”, ン  “n” and シ  “shi”.

However , the two dashes in the following Chinese abbreviations are not related to this radical :

• 习 (= practice),
• 尽 (= spend) and
• 枣 (a type of date).

In the sign 次 (= sequence) the left component developed from 二 (= two).

Character combinations ruled by radical 15

ice

The character "冫" in ​​different fonts

Strokes	character
+ 00	冫
+ 03	冬冭 冮 冯
+ 04	冰 冱 冲 决 冴
+ 05	况 冶 冷 冸 冹 冺
+ 06	冻 冼 冽 冾 冿 净
+ 07	凁 凂 凃
+ 08	凄 凅 准 凇 凈 凉 凊 凋 凌 凍 凎
+ 09	减 凐 凑
+10	凒 凓 凔 凕 凖
+11	凗
+12	凘
+13	凙 凚 凛 凜
+14	凝 凞
+15	凟

In the Unicode block Kangxi radicals , radical 15 is coded under the code point number 12.046 (U + 2F0E).

literature

• Edoardo Fazzioli : Painted Words. 214 Chinese characters - from picture to concept . Marixverlag, Wiesbaden 2004, ISBN 3-937715-34-7 , p. 192 .

For detailed references, see List of Traditional Radicals: Literature

Web links

Commons : Radikal 15  - Graphic representations of Radikal 15

• Xiù cai.oai.de (PDF; 1.72 MB) Explanation of Radikal 15 on page 6