凝
stiff; congeal; freeze; be absorbed in
16 strokes. Jōyō kanji, taught in secondary school. Newspaper frequency rank 1712.
Readings
- ギョウ (on reading): 凝縮 (ぎょうしゅく) condensation (of ideas, emotions, etc.); 凝集 (ぎょうしゅう) agglomeration
- こる (kun reading): 凝る (こる) to become stiff (of muscles); 凝り固まる (こりかたまる) to coagulate
- こらす (kun reading): 凝らす (こらす) to concentrate; 工夫を凝らす (くふうをこらす) to exercise one's ingenuity
- こごらす (kun reading): 凝らす (こごらす) to freeze
- こごらせる (kun reading): 凝らせる (こごらせる) to freeze
- こごる (kun reading)
Components
- 冫
- 疑
- マ radical katakana ma shape
- 乞 radical beg
- 冫 radical ice
- 匕 radical spoon
- 疋 radical bolt of cloth
- 矢 radical arrow
Words using 凝
- 凝縮 (ぎょうしゅく) condensation (of ideas, emotions, etc.)
- 凝集 (ぎょうしゅう) agglomeration
- 凝灰岩 (ぎょうかいがん) tuff
- 凝固 (ぎょうこ) coagulation
- 凝視 (ぎょうし) stare
- 凝る (こる) to become stiff (of muscles)
- 凝り固まる (こりかたまる) to coagulate
- 凝り性 (こりしょう) tendency to become totally absorbed in something
- 凝った (こった) elaborate
- 凝固まり (こりかたまり) coagulation
- 凝らす (こらす) to concentrate
- 工夫を凝らす (くふうをこらす) to exercise one's ingenuity
- 趣向を凝らす (しゅこうをこらす) to devise an elaborate plan
- 瞳を凝らす (ひとみをこらす) to strain one's eyes
- 目を凝らす (めをこらす) to strain one's eyes
- 凝らす (こごらす) to freeze
- 凝らせる (こごらせる) to freeze
- 凝り (しこり) muscle stiffness (esp. in shoulders)
70 words in all.