Keyword
cold
Info
FrequencyTop 1000-1100
Type
Kyōiku (3rd grade) 
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KankenLevel 8
Heisig1645
Readings
さむ
(47%)
さぶ
(35%)
かん
(13%)
ざむ
(3%)
Composed of
roof with a chimney
tall fence made of sticks
short legs
droplet
droplet
Used in vocabulary (200 in total)
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
chill; the shivers; shivering fit
chill; shakes; ague
chilly; unpleasantly cold
midwinter; cold season; coldest days of the year
bleak; chilly; dreary
extreme cold; intense cold; coldest season; midwinter
protection against the cold
wintry sky; cold weather (in winter); wintry weather
to feel a chill run down one's spine
chilly; rather cold; somewhat cold
wintry; very cold-looking (e.g. landscape); bleak (e.g. room, street); desolate; empty (of furnishings)
heavy outfit designed to keep out the cold
cold wave
freezing weather; cold weather; agar-agar; vegetable gelatin
cold; coldness; chilliness
poor village; desolate village; lonely village; remote village
poor; unsatisfactory; inadequate; cold; chilly
cold district; northern district
somewhat cold; a bit chilly
cold and heat; (degree of) temperature
temperature difference
resistance to cold
intense cold
to make a person's blood run cold
mid-winter; cold season
cold color; cold colour
penniless; extremely poor; destitute
swimming in the middle of winter or the cold season
being sensitive to the cold; person who is sensitive to the cold
chill; the shivers; shivering fit
wintry moon; a winter month
winter clothes; arctic clothes
night cold; chill of night; cold night
somewhat cold; a bit chilly
severe cold; intense cold; bitter cold
cold snap; wave of extremely cold weather
(time of) extreme cold; "major cold" solar term (approx. January 20, roughly the coldest time of the year)
camellia-like plant native to China
cold; coldness; cold air
hot and cold; summer and winter
mid-winter training
coldness
cold night
yellowtail caught during the cold season; cold yellowtail
frigid zone
destitution; misery; meagerness
yellowtail caught during the cold season; cold yellowtail
cold water; water in midwinter
to feel cold; to have a chill
cold weather in early spring
cold region
deplorable; alarming
cold and heat; chills and fever
cold country; cold region
chill (esp. in autumn); chilliness
exposure to cold
marbled bamboo (Chimonobambusa marmorea)
plum tree which blossoms in winter; early-flowering plum tree; early plum blossoms
going somewhere warmer for the winter; wintering
lingering winter
somewhat cold; a bit chilly
unseasonably cool weather during the rainy season
tree peony (Paeonia suffruticosa); winter peony
a cold air mass
morning cold; morning chill
chilly; unpleasantly cold
"minor cold" solar term (approx. January 6)
Taiwan cherry (Prunus campanulata); winter cherry tree
place with warmer weather to spend the winter
arctic cap; watch cap
acute febrile illness (e.g. typhoid); disease due to the cold (in traditional Chinese medicine)
Prunus kanzakura (species of winter-blooming cherry tree); Chinese primrose (Primula sinensis)
winter chrysanthemum (cultivar of Chrysanthemum indicum)
alternation of three cold and four warm days (usu. in late winter and early spring)
no heat or cold lasts over the equinox
return to midwinter cold; cold spell in spring
winter crow
winter pine; pine tree that endures the cold of winter; person who does not waver from their own principles
yellowtail caught during the cold season; cold yellowtail
hunger and cold
winter spiritual austerities
non-allergic (vasomotor) rhinitis brought about by a sudden change in temperature
cold; chilly
subarctic zone; subpolar region
withered trees and frozen rocks; (fig.) a person that is hard to approach
the three friends of winter (pine, bamboo and plum)
beginning of midwinter
late-autumn or early-winter dew; "cold dew" solar term (approx. October 8)
keeping the head cool and feet warm
cicadas which sing in late autumn
winter plum tree with reddish blossoms
chilly; a little cold
bitterly cold
Taiwan cherry (Prunus campanulata); winter cherry tree
someone who feels the cold; someone sensitive to cold
frost; bitter cold
winter greeting card; inquiring after someone's health in the cold season
wintry; very cold-looking (e.g. landscape); bleak (e.g. room, street); desolate; empty (of furnishings)
autumnal chill; touch of cold in the air
winter sparrow (said to be tasty and having healing properties); sparrow in winter
freezing mixture; refrigerant
cold winter rain
approach of winter; approaching the coldest time of the year
winter thunder; thunderstorm accompanying a cold front
suffering caused by the cold
poor; unsatisfactory; inadequate; cold; chilly
made in the winter (sake)
mochi made in winter
bitter cold; extreme cold
the coldest season (weather)
coldest time of the year; bitter suffering
clouds in midwinter; cold winter clouds
Chinese tradition of consuming only cold food on the 105th day after the winter solstice; 105th day after the winter solstice
lingering cold (even after the beginning of spring); lingering winter
koi carp caught during the cold season
whitish marble (from northern Ibaraki); white limestone
suffering in poverty; abject poverty
cold desert; arctic desert; fell-field
bleak; chilly; dreary
first verse of a nursery rhyme sung by children on cold days (similar to "It's Raining, It's Pouring")
the beginning of spring
exposing greenhouse-grown fruit and vegetables to cold before harvesting
cold-water ablutions performed in winter
rubdown with a dry towel
taiga; boreal forest; Arctic forest
damage from cold weather; frost damage
(common) cold
goosebumps; goose pimples
goosebumps; goose pimples
camellia-like plant native to China
Cambria (old name for Wales)
chill (esp. in autumn); chilliness
exposure to cold
no heat or cold lasts over the equinox
hunger and cold
someone who feels the cold; someone sensitive to cold
winter greeting card; inquiring after someone's health in the cold season
Carex morrowii
mochi made in winter
Asarum nipponicum (species of wild ginger)
cold-water ablutions performed in winter
to be bothered by coldness; to complain about the cold
egg laid in winter
winter visit to a shrine
winter manure
cold points (of the skin)
a place of extreme cold
crucian carp caught in midwinter
extreme cold
it (the weather) being piercing (bitterly) cold
it (the weather) being piercing (bitterly) cold
bitter cold and fierce heat
bursts of exertion will fail to bear fruit if interrupted by long periods of idleness; strenuous efforts, unless sustained, are to no avail
Asian sheepshead wrasse (Semicossyphus reticulatus); scarbreast tuskfin (Choerodon azurio)
to make cold; to chill
crow in winter
intense cold
cold at the end of autumn when the dew turns to frost
ninth day of the cold season (approx January 13th)
Shijimi clam caught during winter
Pleiades (esp. in winter)
alternating chills and fever
isocheim; isochime; isochryme; map contour connecting points with the same mean winter temperature
chirping of crickets in late autumn
poor isolated village; one's hometown
cold-suffering bird; kankuchō; imaginary bird said to live in the Himalayas who forgets the cold of night as soon as morning comes; (lazy) person who is poor at practicing asceticism; person unlikely to reach satori
cold winter dawn
flour made from cooked glutinous rice
something that looks difficult but actually isn't; swimming in a cold lake during mid-winter seems difficult, but it's nothing to a kappa
students surpass their masters; (lit.) ice coming from water is colder than water
taking precautions against the cold (e.g. by dressing warmly)
Algerian iris (Iris unguicularis); Iris stylosa; winter iris
Algerian iris (Iris unguicularis); Iris stylosa; winter iris
Shanghan Lun (treatise on traditional Chinese medicine compiled by Zhang Zhongjing); Treatise on Cold Damage Disorders; Treatise on Cold Injury
chrysanthemum (Chrysanthemum indicum)
seven-arm octopus (Haliphron atlanticus)
centipede plant (Homalocladium platycladum); tapeworm plant; ribbonbush
Examples (200 in total)
It must have been cold until you got here.
Were you waiting in such a cold place?
That joke is a bit lame.