凌 — Chinese character
凌
líng
pure; virtuous; to insult; to maltreat
- Pinyin
- líng
- Radical
- 15 ⼎ (Ice)
- Strokes
- 10
- Components
- 冫 夌
- Formation
- pictophonetic — ice; meaning component 冫; sound component 夌
- Japanese
- 凌 as a kanji
Common words with 凌
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 凌晨 | líng chén | very early in the morning; in the wee hours |
| 凌辱 | líng rǔ | to insult; to humiliate |
| 欺凌 | qī líng | to bully and humiliate |
| 凌驾 (凌駕) | líng jià | to be above; to place above |
| 霸凌 | bà líng | (loanword) bullying |
| 凌乱 (凌亂) | líng luàn | messy; disarrayed; disheveled |
| 凌迟 (凌遲) | líng chí | the lingering death; the death of a thousand cuts (old form of capital punishment) |
| 凌云 (凌雲) | líng yún | (lit. and fig.) towering; lofty; high |
| 冰激凌 | bīng jī líng | ice cream |
| 凌空 | líng kōng | be high up in the sky |
| 凌厉 (凌厲) | líng lì | swift and fierce; fierce |
| 盛气凌人 (盛氣凌人) | shèng qì líng rén | overbearing; arrogant bully |
English words written with 凌
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.