JLPT N5 · Colors, taste & touch

冷たい

つめたい

cold (to touch)

Stroke order of 冷たい

3 characters, 13 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

冷 · 7 strokesた · 4 strokes い · 2 strokes

Memory trick

Ice (冫) beside an order (令): an ice-cold command, cold to the touch.

Parts: 冷 cold (冫 ice + 令) + たい

The characters in 冷たい

たた — ta (4 strokes)
いい — i (2 strokes)

Example sentence

冷たい水をください。

つめたいみずをください。

Please give me cold water.

Words with 冷

冷房air conditioning 冷えるto get cold 冷蔵庫refrigerator 冷凍freezing 冷やすto cool; to chill 冷静calm; composed

More words: Colors, taste & touch

黄色いyellow 茶色いbrown 暖かいwarm (weather)温かいwarm (to touch)涼しいcool 熱いhot (to touch)甘いsweet 辛いspicy 苦いbitter 痛いpainful 眠いsleepy 汚いdirty

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