凝 (níng) — to congeal, set solid; to fix (the gaze, attention)

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TSUMUGU · TOCFL C1 (est.) · 字

凝 character · TOCFL C1 (est.)

凝＝冫＋疑

ㄋㄧㄥˊ · níng

verb — to congeal, set solid; to fix (the gaze, attention)

字源 FORM — what the parts do

冫義ice

疑聲yí — gives the sounda figure halted, hesitating which way

ITyí → níng — the initial shifts, tone with it

Ice (冫) gathers a thing into one hard mass — to congeal. 疑 yí carries the sound, the initial shifting to n for níng. From setting solid comes fixing still: 凝固、凝視.

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

水汽遇冷（冫），猶豫了一下（疑），就凝成一片白霜。

The vapor meets the cold (冫), hesitates a moment (疑), and sets into white frost.

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意 · Meanings

(本義)凝固、凝結— to congeal, set solid常用

→凝聚— to gather into one mass

⇒凝視、凝神— to fix (the gaze, attention)

(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension