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冷静

れいせい

cool, calm

Mnemonic

Cold and quiet together, which is a temperature rather than a mood. A ray れい of it, and the same shh せい as 静か. Let us talk about it in that state: れいせい.

Worth knowing

平気 へいき is being unbothered by a thing. 冷静 is keeping your head, and you can manage it while extremely bothered.

Built from

cold, cool
冫 two marks of ice on the left. Whatever they are stood next to has gone cold.
quiet, still
青 blue and fresh down the left. The colour of a room with nothing going on in it.

Words sharing these kanji

cold (to the touch) quiet

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