Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 凝

凝

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Meaning

 congeal, stiff, harden, freeze, engrossed

Pronunciation

 GYŌ
koru/rasu

Explanation

 Left: ice 冫, right: doubt 疑 (Both persons 匕 マ have an arrow 矢, but if it's the correct 正 one, they have their doubt.)

Mnemonic

Ice, there is no doubt, is congealed.

Radicals

冫 ice, freeze
疑 doubt
矢 arrow(An arrow ノ flies in the sky 天.)
正 correct
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Vocabulary

凝り性 こりしょう fastidiousness, enthusiasm for one thing
凝らす こらす to concentrate, to devote, to apply
凝る こる to stiffen, to harden

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