- 冷たい — cold (to the touch)
- 冷える — to become cold
- 冷やす — to cool; to chill
- 冷める — to cool down; to go lukewarm
- 冷ます — to let cool
- 冷房 — air conditioning
More examples ▼
冷 combines the “ice” radical 冫 with the phonetic 令, originally evoking chilling with ice. It extends to emotional coolness in compounds like 冷静.
冷たい水をください。
Please give me cold water.
彼は 冷静に 対応した。
He responded calmly.