冻
dòng · HSK 5
to freeze
🧊 冻 = 冫(ice radical) + 东 (dōng, 'east') — phonetic; ice means freeze
The 冫 on the left is the two-stroke 'ice' radical (a reduced form of 冰). The right side 东 dōng lends the sound, shifting tone to dòng. So 冻 is an ice-semantic, east-phonetic compound meaning freeze or jelly.
冻 — ice radical 冫 + east 东
A semantic-phonetic compound. The ice radical 冫 supplies the meaning 'freeze/cold,' while 东 (dōng) gives the sound. The traditional form is 凍; 东 is the simplified version of the phonetic 東. Core sense: to freeze or congeal.