còu

to gather together, pool or collect

to happen by chance; to move close to; to exploit an opportunity

ice (冫) + sound (奏) = gather and pool together

奏 gives the sound còu; the ice radical 冫 hints at things converging and solidifying together, like water crystallizing into a shared form.

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Variant of 冰Semantic
To play musicPhonetic

我们几个人钱买了一份礼物。

wǒ men jǐ gè rén còu qián mǎi le yī fèn lǐ wù。

the few of us pooled money together to buy a gift.

到窗边,想听清楚外面的声音。

tā còu dào chuāng biān,xiǎng tīng qīng chǔ wài miàn de shēng yīn。

he moved close to the window, wanting to hear the sounds outside more clearly.

Words with 凑

杂凑

zá còu

to put together various bits

高不凑低不就

gāo bù còu dī bù jiù

can't reach the high or accept the low (idiom); not good enough for a high post, but too proud to take a low one

七拼八凑

qī pīn bā còu

assembled at random

不凑巧

bù còu qiǎo

unluckily

拼凑

pīn còu

to assemble

东拼西凑

dōng pīn xī còu

(idiom) to assemble from bits and pieces; to combine items from disparate sources

凑付

còu fu

to put together hastily

凑份子

còu fèn zi

to pool resources (for a gift, project etc)

凑合

còu he

to bring together

凑单

còu dān

to pad an order; to add extra items to an order so as to reach the minimum spend required to use a coupon, get a discount or qualify for free shipping

凑巧

còu qiǎo

fortuitously

凑成

còu chéng

to put together

More characters with 冫