冻土

Traditional form:

凍土

Pinyin (reading):

dòngtǔ

Definitions:

• frozen earth
• permafrost
• tundra

Characters:

• 冻 - cold; to freeze, to congeal; jelly
• 土 - soil, earth; items made of earth

Traditional characters:

• 凍 - cold; to freeze, to congeal; jelly
• 土 - soil, earth; items made of earth