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Chinese symbol for “coherent”

凝聚
níng jù
to condense; to coagulate; coacervation (i.e. form tiny droplets); aggregation

The closest CC-CEDICT match for coherent is 凝聚 (níng jù), defined as: to condense; to coagulate; coacervation (i.e. form tiny droplets); aggregation; coherent.

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Characters and stroke order

凝 níng
to coagulate, to congeal; to freeze
radical 15 ⼎ · 16 strokes
聚 jù
to assemble, to collect, to meet
radical 128 ⽿ · 14 strokes

Other Chinese words for “coherent”

WordPinyinMeaning
连贯 (連貫)lián guànto link up (disparate elements); coherent (narrative, argument etc)
通畅 (通暢)tōng chàngunobstructed; clear; (of writing or thinking) coherent; fluent
相干xiāng gānrelevant; to have to do with

Related words

Other words that share a character with 凝聚.

WordPinyinMeaning
混凝土hùn níng tǔconcrete (building material)
凝结 (凝結)níng jiéto condense; to solidify
凝聚力níng jù lìcohesion; cohesiveness
凝固níng gùto freeze; to solidify
凝视 (凝視)níng shìto gaze at; to fix one's eyes on
聚集jù jíto assemble; to gather
聚会 (聚會)jù huìparty; gathering
聚焦jù jiāoto focus (light, electron beam etc); to focus attention

See also: Japanese symbol for “coherent”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.