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Chinese symbol for “gel”

凝胶
níng jiāo
Traditional: 凝膠
gel

The closest CC-CEDICT match for gel is 凝胶 (níng jiāo), defined as: gel.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

凝 níng
to coagulate, to congeal; to freeze
radical 15 ⼎ · 16 strokes
胶 jiāo
glue, gum, resin, rubber; sticky; to glue
radical 130 ⾁ · 10 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “gel”

WordPinyinMeaning
凝胶体 (凝膠體)níng jiāo tǐgel
冻胶 (凍膠)dòng jiāogel
啫喱zhě lí(loanword) jelly; gel

Related words

Other words that share a character with 凝胶.

WordPinyinMeaning
混凝土hùn níng tǔconcrete (building material)
凝聚níng jùto condense; to coagulate
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
橡胶 (橡膠)xiàng jiāorubber; caoutchouc
塑胶 (塑膠)sù jiāosynthetic resin; plastic cement; (Tw) plastic

See also: Japanese symbol for “gel”.

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.

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