Radicals › #15 冫
冫
冫 — the “ice” radical
two drops — the “ice” radical, left side 9 of the JLPT kanji on this site are built with it — recognizing the piece makes them far easier to remember.
Kanji using the 冫 radical (9)
冷cool, cold (beer, person)冬winter凍frozen, congeal准quasi-, semi-凝congeal, freeze冴be clear, serene凌endure, keep (rain)out冶melting, smelting凜cold, strict
Radicals (部首, bushu) are the shared building blocks of kanji, used to sort them in every dictionary. Learn the common ones and new kanji stop looking random.