凝 níng to coagulate
to coagulate; to congeal
怎么记住“凝”: 冫 ice + 疑 to doubt = to coagulate. In the freezing food truck the gravy turns almost to ice, and the new cook starts to doubt it was meant to coagulate.
部件结构
形声 · Meaning + sound
One part gives the meaning, the other gives the sound.
凝 = 冫 ice + 疑 to doubt
- 冫 ice meaning
- 疑 to doubt sound
- 匕 spoon
- 矢 arrow
- 龴 loop
- 疋 bolt of cloth
In the freezing food truck the gravy turns almost to ice, and the new cook starts to doubt it was meant to coagulate.
How it came to be
In the small seal form, the ice gives the meaning and the sign for doubt gives the sound.
用法
- To congeal/solidify, and to concentrate/fix intently: 凝固 (nínggù) to solidify, 凝结 (níngjié) to condense, 凝聚 (níngjù) to draw together (力量/人心).
- The 'fix intently' branch: 凝视 (níngshì) to gaze fixedly, 凝神 (níngshén) to concentrate hard.
- The unifying image is things drawing tight and still: liquid setting, or attention locking on.