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冰
冰 ＝ 冫 ＋ 水
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noun — ice; adj — icy cold
字源 FORM — what the parts do
冫義ice — the old pictograph 仌, frost cracks doubled
Ice crystals (冫 — the old pictograph 仌, two frost cracks) beside water (水): water gone hard. 說文 draws 仌 as the shape of water congealing. Cold follows: 冰冷、冰箱.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
一夜北風，水（水）面封死，冰紋（冫）一道壓一道。
One night of north wind seals the water (水); the frost cracks (冫) run line over line.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)冰— ice — water congealed常用
→冰冷— ice-cold
⇒冰箱— the icebox — the refrigerator
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension