The word 凝聚 is formed by combining the character 凝, meaning to congeal or solidify, which incorporates the radical 冫 (ice) to suggest freezing and the component 疑 contributing to its meaning of solidification, with the character 聚, meaning to gather, composed of 取 (to collect) and 乑 (a crowd). Together, they visually and semantically represent the act of gathering elements and causing them to solidify into a unified whole, conveying the concept of condensation or cohesion.