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冷
冷 ＝ 冫 ＋ 令
ㄌㄥˇ · lěng
adjective — cold
字源 FORM — what the parts do
冫義ice — two frost strokes
FTlìng → lěng — the final bends, the tone with it
The frost strokes (冫) beside 令 lìng, which gives the sound — cold. The same two strokes carry the other ice words: 冰、凍.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
命令（令）一下來，屋裡結了冰（冫）——冷。
The order (令) comes down, and the room ices over (冫) — cold.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)寒冷— cold常用
→冷靜、冷淡— cool-headed; indifferent — the chill moved to people
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension