冫 (bīng) is Kangxi radical no. 15, “ice”. It also appears as ⺀ (bīng). In this form it is written with 2 strokes.
As a radical, 冫 (bīng) is the part a dictionary files these characters under. Often it hints at the meaning - “ice” - but sometimes it is only a shape that the character happened to share.
The characters range from 3 to 16 strokes. 3 of them already appear in HSK 3.0 levels 1–2, and 3 have a full word page of their own.
Good ones to start with: 冷 (lěng) cold, 冬 (dōng) winter, 冰 (bīng) ice, 习 (xí) to practice.
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