Japanese symbol for “condensation”
凝縮
ぎょうしゅく
Romaji: gyoushuku
condensation (of ideas, emotions, etc.); concentration
In Japanese, condensation is 凝縮, read ぎょうしゅく (gyoushuku).
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Meanings
- n, vi, vs condensation (of ideas, emotions, etc.); concentration
- n, vi, vs condensation (of a vapour or gas) (physics)
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “condensation”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 濃縮 | のうしゅく noushuku | concentration (e.g. of a solution); enrichment; condensation |
| 結露 | けつろ ketsuro | condensation; formation of dew |
| 汗 | あせ ase | moisture; condensation |
| 簡約 | かんやく kan'yaku | simplification; abbreviation; abridgment |
| 復水 | ふくすい fukusui | condensation; condensed water |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 凝視 | ぎょうし gyoushi | stare; gaze; fixation |
| 凝固 | ぎょうこ gyouko | coagulation; freezing; solidification |
| 凝る | こる koru | to become stiff (of muscles) |
| 凝り | しこり shikori | muscle stiffness (esp. in shoulders) |
| 凝り性 | こりしょう korishou | tendency to become totally absorbed in something; monomania; perfectionism |
| 縮小 | しゅくしょう shukushou | reduction; curtailment; cut |
| 短縮 | たんしゅく tanshuku | shortening; contraction; reduction |
| 圧縮 | あっしゅく asshuku | compression |
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