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凝

congeal
Stroke count: 16

Readings

On readingギョウ
Kun readingこ.る、こ.らす、こご.らす、こご.らせる、こご.る
JōyōGrade 8KANJIDIC

Verbs with «凝»

凝る凝らす凝縮する

Meanings

  1. congealRtK
    彼は何かをやり出すとそれに凝る性質です。When he begins to do anything, he devotes himself to it.tatoeba
    彼の聞く音楽といったら肩の凝るものばかりだ。He always listens to serious music.tatoeba
  2. freeze
  3. stiff
  4. be absorbed in
    彼はテニスに凝っているが、彼の兄はフットボールと野球にもっと凝っている。He is absorbed in playing tennis, but his brother goes in more for football and baseball.tatoeba
  1. muscle stiffness (esp. in shoulders)
  2. lump (in tissue, esp. breast)
  3. swelling
  4. hardening
  5. lesion

Radicals and components

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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ice (冫) · doubt · spoon (匕) · sitting on the ground · dart · drop (丶) · heavens · chop-seal · hanko · zoo · critters

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1515

Compound words

凝視ぎょうし
stare; gaze; fixation
凝るこる
to become stiff (of muscles); to get absorbed in; to develop a passion for; to devote oneself to; to become obsessed with
凝固ぎょうこ
coagulation; freezing; solidification
凝縮ぎょうしゅく
condensation (of ideas, emotions, etc.); concentration; condensation (of a vapour or gas)
凝ったこった
elaborate; exquisite; ornate; refined; sophisticated
凝り性こりしょう
tendency to become totally absorbed in something; monomania; perfectionism; fastidiousness; meticulousness
凝塊ぎょうかい
clot
凝結ぎょうけつ
solidification
凝血ぎょうけつ
blood clot
凝脂ぎょうし
solidified oil
凝滞ぎょうたい
delay
凝乳ぎょうにゅう
curd
凝聚ぎょうしゅう
agglomeration
凝乎とじっと
motionlessly (e.g. stand, wait)
肩凝りかたこり
stiff neck
抗凝固こうぎょうこ
anticoagulation
混凝土コンクリート
concrete
凝らすこらす
to concentrate; to focus
凝らせるこごらせる
to freeze
凝固まるこりかたまる
to coagulate
凝縮するぎょうしゅくする
to condense; to concentrate
凝り固まるこりかたまる
to coagulate
瞳を凝らすひとみをこらす
to strain one's eyes

Additional Examples

彼は息を凝らしてその光景を見つめていた。
He was watching the scene with breathless interest.tatoeba

Stroke Order

16 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 凝

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