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Chinese symbol for “refrigeration”

冷藏
lěng cáng
refrigeration; cold storage; to keep (food, medicine) in cold environment

The closest CC-CEDICT match for refrigeration is 冷藏 (lěng cáng), defined as: refrigeration; cold storage; to keep (food, medicine) in cold environment.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

冷 lěng
cold, cool; lonely
radical 15 ⼎ · 7 strokes
藏 cáng
to conceal, to hide; to hoard, to store
radical 140 ⾋ · 18 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 冷藏.

WordPinyinMeaning
冷静 (冷靜)lěng jìngcalm; cool-headed; dispassionate; (of a place) deserted; quiet
冷战 (冷戰)lěng zhàncold war; (fig.) strained relationship
寒冷hán lěngcold (climate); frigid
冷漠lěng mòcold and detached towards sb; lack of regard
冷却 (冷卻)lěng què(lit. and fig.) to cool
隐藏 (隱藏)yǐn cángto hide; to conceal
收藏shōu cángto collect (works of art, dolls, antiques etc); to put away for safekeeping; (Internet) to bookmark; a collection
宝藏 (寶藏)bǎo zàngprecious mineral deposits; hidden treasure

See also: Japanese symbol for “refrigeration”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.