凝

níng

coagulate; congeal; freeze

How to write 凝, stroke by stroke

to congeal; to concentrate attention; to stare

Pictophonetic: semantic 冫 (ice), phonetic 疑

Made of 冫 + 疑

混凝土hùn níng tǔconcrete (building material)
凝视níng shìto gaze at; to fix one's eyes on
凝固níng gùto freeze; to solidify; to congeal; fig. with rapt attention
凝聚níng jùto condense; to coagulate; coacervation (i.e. form tiny droplets); aggregation; coherent
凝结níng jiéto condense; to solidify; to coagulate; clot (of blood)
凝望níng wàngto gaze at; to stare fixedly at
凝胶níng jiāogel
冰凝器bīng níng qìcryophorus
凝冰níng bīngto freeze
凝固剂níng gù jìsolidifying agent; coagulant
凝固点níng gù diǎnfreezing point
凝块níng kuàiclot; blood clot

水泥会在数个小时内凝固。
shuǐ ní huì zài shù gè xiǎo shí nèi níng gù 。
The cement will set in a couple of hours.
女孩凝视着洋娃娃。
nǚ hái níng shì zhe yáng wá wa 。
The girl was gazing at the doll.
他站在窗外凝望着我。
tā zhàn zài chuāng wài níng wàng zhe wǒ 。
He stood outside the window staring at me.
没有什么比在夜晚凝望天空更美好了。
méi yǒu shén me bǐ zài yè wǎn níng wàng tiān kōng gèng měi hǎo le 。
Nothing is better than staring at the night sky.