Jisho

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16 strokes
Radical:
ice
Parts:
congeal, freeze, stiff, be absorbed in
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1712 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 凝縮 【ギョウシュク】 condensation (of ideas, emotions, etc.), condensation (of a vapour or gas)
  • 凝固 【ギョウコ】 coagulation, freezing, solidification

Kun reading compounds

  • 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, to get hooked on, to be elaborate, to be intricate, to be exquisite, to be particular about, to pay great attention to
  • 凝らす 【こらす】 to concentrate, to focus on, to devote, to apply oneself, to stiffen, to become tense
  • 凝らす 【こごらす】 to freeze, to congeal, to concentrate one's attention on, to devote oneself to something, to ponder, to meditate
  • 凝らせる 【こごらせる】 to freeze, to congeal
  • 凝る 【こごる】 to congeal, to gelatinize, to jellify, to jell, to gell, to freeze

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ning2
Korean:
eung

Spanish

  • rigidez
  • endurecimiento
  • entumecimiento
  • endurecerse
  • ser absorbido
  • crecer erecto

Portuguese

  • congelar
  • geada
  • rígida
  • seja absorvida em

French

  • congeler
  • geler
  • rigide
  • être absorbé
  • coagulation
1175 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1845 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
652 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1370 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1083 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2431 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1518 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1619 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1790 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
169 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
198 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
128 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
154 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1424 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
1720 Morohashi
175 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
431 New Nelson (John Haig)
1412 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1515 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1821 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
370 2001 Kanji
2b14.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-2-14 SKIP code
3718.1 Four corner code
1-22-37 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
51dd Unicode hex code

13 strokes
Radical:
earth
Parts:
Variants:
clod, lump, chunk, clot, mass
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1800 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 塊茎 【カイケイ】 tuber
  • 塊鉱 【カイコウ】 lump ore
  • 団塊 【ダンカイ】 mass, lump, clod, clump, nodule, baby boom generation (of 1947-1949), babyboomer (born between 1947-1949)
  • 山塊 【サンカイ】 mountain mass, massif

Kun reading compounds

  • 塊 【かたまり】 lump, mass, bundle, clump, clod, cluster, group, crowd, embodiment (of an idea, quality, feeling etc.), personification
  • 塊魂 【かたまりだましい】 Katamari Damacy (2004 video game)
  • 一塊 【いっかい】 one lump, one group
  • 拝金主義の塊 【はいきんしゅぎのかたまり】 money-worshiper

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
kuai4
Korean:
goe

Spanish

  • conglomerado
  • terrón
  • masa
  • aglomeración

Portuguese

  • grumo
  • montículo
  • reboco
  • coágulo
  • massa

French

  • motte
  • caillot
  • masse
1065 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1946 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1122 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1670 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1161 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1524 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1625 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1753 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
386 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
775 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
457 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
579 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
2043 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
5319 Morohashi
632 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1070 New Nelson (John Haig)
2024 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2180 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1613 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1457 2001 Kanji
3b10.2 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-10 SKIP code
4611.3 Four corner code
1-18-84 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
584a Unicode hex code