English: cool cold (beer, person) chill	On-Yomi: レイ	Kun-Yomi: つめ.たい ひ.える ひ.や ひ.ややか ひ.やす ひ.やかす さ.める さ.ます

Bushu (Radical) Info: 冫 (にすい) – water drops

Henshall Mnemonic: ice rules in freezing cold

Levels: JLPT N3 | JLPT 2 (old) | Grade 4
Frequency: #667 of the 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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JLPT N5 Words

• 冷蔵庫   [れいぞうこ]
  (n) refrigerator   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 冷たい   [つめたい]
  (adj) cold (to the touch); chilly; icy; freezing; coldhearted   [K] [D] [Jisho]

JLPT N4 Words

• 冷房   [れいぼう]
  (n) cooling; air-conditioning   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 冷える   [ひえる]
  (v1,vi) to grow cold; to get chilly; to cool down   [K] [D] [Jisho]

JLPT N3 Words

• 冷静   [れいせい]
  (adj-na,n) calm; composure; coolness; serenity   [K] [D] [Jisho]

JLPT N2 Words

• 冷凍   [れいとう]
  (n,vs) freezing; cold storage; refrigeration   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 冷ます   [さます]
  (v5s,vt) to cool; to dampen; to let cool; to throw a damper on; to spoil   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 冷める   [さめる]
  (v1) to become cool; to wear off; to abate; to subside; to dampen; to cool down (interest); to come down (fever)   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 冷やす   [ひやす]
  (v5s,vt) to cool; to refrigerate   [K] [D] [Jisho]

JLPT N1 Words

• 冷酷   [れいこく]
  (adj-na,n) cruelty; coldheartedness; relentless; ruthless   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 冷蔵   [れいぞう]
  (n) cold storage; refrigeration   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 冷淡   [れいたん]
  (adj-na,n) coolness; indifference   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 冷やかす   [ひやかす]
  (v5s) to banter; to make fun of; to jeer at; to cool; to refrigerate   [K] [D] [Jisho]

Other Popular Words Not Classified by JLPT

• 冷却   [れいきゃく]
  (n,vs) cooling; refrigeration   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 冷遇   [れいぐう]
  (n) cold reception; inhospitality   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 冷笑   [れいしょう]
  (n) derision; derisive laughter; scornful laugh   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 冷水   [れいすい]
  (n) cold water   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 寒冷   [かんれい]
  (adj-na,n) cold; coldness; chilliness   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 冷戦   [れいせん]
  (n) cold war   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 冷暖房   [れいだんぼう]
  (n) air-conditioning   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 冷徹   [れいてつ]
  (adj-na,n) cool-headedness   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 寝冷え   [ねびえ]
  (n) get chilled while asleep   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 冷え   [ひえ]
  (n) chilling exposure   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 冷え込む   [ひえこむ]
  (v5m) to get colder; to get chilled   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 冷や   [ひや]
  (n) cold water; cold sake   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 冷ややか   [ひややか]
  (adj-na,n) cold; chilly; cool; indifferent; cold-hearted; surly; curt; composed   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 冷や汗   [ひやあせ]
  (n) cold sweat   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 冷夏   [れいか]
  (n) a cool summer   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 冷害   [れいがい]
  (n) cold-weather damage   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 冷汗   [ひやあせ]
  (n) cold sweat   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 冷汗   [れいかん]
  (n) cold sweat   [K] [D] [Jisho]

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Acknowledgments

The sofware used to generate this kanji information uses the EDICT and KANJIDIC files. These files are the property of the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group at Monash University and are used in conformance with the Group's license.

NOTE: I converted the sources just mentioned years ago and have never really updated so there may be some missing or incorrect information that has been addressed in the original sources but not here.

The first Stroke Order image used on this page is courtesy of Ulrich Apel's excellent open source KanjiVG project. The second image is from the folks at the excellent Jisho Japanese-English dictionary site and it too is based on KanjiVG.

Classifying the kanji and popular vocabulary by the new JLPT levels was done by consulting Jonathan Waller‘s JLPT Resources page, renshuu, Wictionary, and Nihongo Ichiban.

The Henshall Mnemonics are the copyright of Tuttle Publishing and are the result of the hard work by Professor Henshall. See the list I used here.

If you are curious about the lexicography shown in the word definitions, visit the WWWJDIC abbreviations and codes guide and the JMdict/Edict Lexicographical details page.