# 冷 — Cool

Frequency rank 600 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

Mid-frequency: not on every page, but regular in books and magazines.

More common than 完 (Perfect), less common than 御 (Honorable).

- On’yomi: れい
- Kun’yomi: つめ、ひ、さ
- Radical: 冫 Ice (Kangxi 15)
- Frequency path: Level V of XX

Ice on the left sends orders on the right -- ice giving cold orders makes everything cool.

In words:

- 冷たい つめたい — cold to the touch
- 冷える ひえる — to grow cold
- 冷房 れいぼう — air conditioning

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