漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements
凌: endure, keep (rain)out
Also: stave off, tide over, defy, slight, surpass
JLPT N110 strokesName kanji (jinmeiyō)Your ink: 白 Not met
- 冫ice(meaning)
- 夌(form)
冫 carries the meaning · 夌 is drawn in
10 strokes
Two readings, and the words that use each
リョウryou · on'yomi · in compounds
- 凌雲りょううんskyscraping; very high; above the clouds
しのぐshinogu · kun'yomi · on its own
- 凌ぐしのぐto endure; to keep out (e.g. rain)
- 凌ぎしのぎ(means of) enduring; tiding over
Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Brrr, it's freezing! Imagine two sharp icicles hanging from the edge of a roof.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
夌
Also built on 夌
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side凌 endure · 冫
vs崚 mountains towering in a row · 山In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · líng
Same form: 凌 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 凌 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 凌 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin líng most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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