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Making Chinese characters memorable

冷

ㄌㄥ ˇ

lěng

cold
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Break characters down into their components to see semantic and phonetic hints

  • 冷
    ㄌㄥ ˇ

    lěng

    cold

    • 冫
      ㄅㄧㄥ

      bīng

      ice

    • 令
      ㄌㄧㄥ ˋ

      lìng

      order

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Today with a small dot on it would be orderly, with ice in front would be cold
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