Hanja Analyzer
凌

凌 — reung

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
업신여길 릉
Romanization
reung
English
pure; virtuous; insult; maltreat
Mandarin
líng
Japanese on'yomi
リョウ
Japanese kun'yomi
しの.ぐ
Japanese usage
Jinmeiyō kanji
Newspaper frequency
#2,423 of 2,500
Strokes
10
Radical
冫 (15, 8 residual)
Unicode
U+51CC

How 凌 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 凌 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 仌, 夌.

Korean example words with 凌

  • 능멸凌蔑 Korean gloss: 업신여기어 깔봄
  • 능상凌上 Korean gloss: 아랫사람이 윗사람을 업신여김
  • 능모하다凌侮 Korean gloss: 업신여기어 깔보다
  • 능욕하다凌辱 Korean gloss: 여자를 강간하여 욕보이다
  • 능교凌喬 Korean gloss: 높은 곳.
  • 능마凌摩 Korean gloss: 침범하여 핍박함.
  • 능핍凌逼 Korean gloss: 침범하여 핍박함.
  • 능학凌虐 Korean gloss: 침범하여 학대함.
  • 능력凌轢 Korean gloss: 서로 능멸하여 다툼.
  • 능우凌雨 Korean gloss: 세차게 쏟아지는 비.
  • 침릉侵凌 Korean gloss: 침범하여 욕을 보임.
  • 답릉踏凌 Korean gloss: 남에게 업신여김을 받음.

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 凌

  • 凌ぐしのぐ to endure; to keep out (e.g. rain); to stave off (e.g. starvation)
  • 凌ぎしのぎ (means of) enduring; tiding over; pulling through
  • 凌雲りょううん skyscraping; very high; above the clouds
  • 凌駕りょうが excelling; surpassing; outdoing
  • 凌遅りょうち lingchi; death by a thousand cuts; slow torture by slicing off parts of the body
  • 凌霄りょうしょう Chinese trumpet creeper (Campsis grandiflora)
  • 凌ぎ場しのぎば shelter
  • 凌波性りょうはせい seaworthiness
  • 凌霄花のうぜんかずら Chinese trumpet creeper (Campsis grandiflora)
  • 口凌ぎくちしのぎ living from hand to mouth
  • 凌遅刑りょうちけい lingchi (form of torture and execution used in China); slow slicing; death by a thousand cuts
  • 当座凌ぎとうざしのぎ makeshift; for the time being

Other hanja read “릉”

Other hanja with radical 冫

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