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冫 — the “ice” radical

Radical #15 2 strokesalso written 冫

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)

cool, cold (beer, person)winterfrozen, congealquasi-, semi-congeal, freezebe clear, sereneendure, keep (rain)outmelting, smeltingcold, strict
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