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

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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

8 strokes
Radical:
heart 心 (忄, ⺗)
Parts:
sex, gender, nature
Kun:
さが
On:
セイショウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N3
104 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 性 【セイ】 nature (of a person), sex, gender, sex (i.e. sexual attraction, activity, etc.), gender, -ty, -ity, -ness, -cy
  • 性格 【セイカク】 character (of a person), personality, disposition, nature, characteristics, nature (of a thing, event, etc.)
  • 耐性 【タイセイ】 resistance (e.g. to antibiotics), tolerance (e.g. drug tolerance)
  • 社会性 【シャカイセイ】 sociality
  • 性 【ショウ】 nature, disposition, temperament, character, quality, that which does not change according to external influences
  • 性根 【ショウネ】 nature, character, disposition
  • 冷え性 【ヒエショウ】 sensitivity to cold
  • 凝り性 【コリショウ】 tendency to become totally absorbed in something, monomania, perfectionism, fastidiousness, meticulousness, susceptibility for a stiffening of the shoulders

Kun reading compounds

  • 性 【さが】 one's nature, one's destiny, custom, tradition, habit, convention

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xing4
Korean:
seong

Spanish

  • sexo
  • género
  • naturaleza
  • temperamento

Portuguese

  • sexo
  • gênero
  • natureza

French

  • sexe
  • genre
  • nature
  • propriétés
645 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
745 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
723 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
199 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1666 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
280 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
535 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
564 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.13 Japanese for Busy People
98 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
98 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
421 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
811 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
357 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
222 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
266 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1572 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
10478 Morohashi
299 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1822 New Nelson (John Haig)
1558 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1679 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
119 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
690 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1172 2001 Kanji
4k5.4 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-5 SKIP code
1-1-7 SKIP code
9501.0 Four corner code
1-32-13 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6027 Unicode hex code