what is the difference between 寒い and 寒?


is there really a difference between the 2? Jisho (辞書?) lists さむい for 寒い &
さむ.い 寒. What difference い make?




I'm assuming you are looking at [this
entry](https://jisho.org/search/%E5%AF%92%20%23kanji):

![](https://i.stack.imgur.com/aJ5IW.png)

The dot in さむ.い means that 寒 is pronounced さむ in the word さむい. 寒 by itself is
not pronounced さむい. In fact, if you click on さむ.い in jisho, it will link you
to the entry for 寒い.

You might want to look a bit more into kanji, but idea is that for most cases,
you will not know the reading of the kanji until it is combined with other
kanji or followed with hiragana.

