冻干

Traditional form:

凍乾

Pinyin (reading):

dònggān

Definitions:

• to freeze-dry
• freeze-dried food (such as meat or fruit)

Characters:

• 冻 - cold; to freeze, to congeal; jelly
• 干 - arid, dry; to oppose; to offend; to invade

Traditional characters:

• 凍 - cold; to freeze, to congeal; jelly
• 乾 - arid, dry; to fertilize; to penetrate; heavenly generative principle (male)