The kanji 凝: meaning, readings and stroke order

凝

Meaning: harden, focus
On reading: ギョウ gyou
Kun reading: こ（る） koru、こ（らす） korasu
Strokes: 16
Radical: 冫 ice
Level: Level 8 · the last years of junior high

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: đông lại, tập trung (ngưng)
Japanese: かたまる。こころをひとつにあつめる。
Korean: 굳다, 집중하다 (응)
Chinese: 凝固、凝神

Readings, words and example sentences

ギョウ gyou · on reading · less common

凝ぎょう固こ
becoming solid, setting
液体が 凝ぎょう固こします。
The liquid becomes solid.

こ（る） koru · kun reading · less common

凝こる
to be really into; to get stiff
料理に 凝こって います。
I am really into cooking.

こ（らす） korasu · kun reading · less common

凝こらす
to strain (one's eyes), to focus
目を 凝こらして 見ます。
I look closely, straining my eyes.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.