涼しい

すずしい · suzushii · JLPT N5 · i-adj

refreshing

🍃 涼 = water 氵 + capital 京: cool like water; suzu also means bell (鈴)

The kanji joins the water radical 氵 with 京, which gives the on-reading ryō. The native reading suzu- matches 鈴 (suzu, bell), and wind bells (fūrin) are the classic Japanese summer sound of a cool breeze. Used for pleasantly cool weather, not cold objects.

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