菱 — Chinese character
菱
líng
water chestnut, water caltrop
- Pinyin
- líng
- Radical
- 140 ⾋ (Grass)
- Strokes
- 12
- Components
- 艹 夌
- Formation
- pictophonetic — grass; meaning component 艹; sound component 夌
- Japanese
- 菱 as a kanji
Common words with 菱
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 菱形 | líng xíng | rhombus |
| 菱角 | líng jiao | water caltrop (Trapa species), aquatic plant with edible seeds |
| 菱镁矿 (菱鎂礦) | líng měi kuàng | magnesite; magnesium ore |
| 菱铁矿 (菱鐵礦) | líng tiě kuàng | siderite |
| 大菱鲆 (大菱鮃) | dà líng píng | turbot |
| 菱镜 (菱鏡) | líng jìng | see 菱花镜 (líng huā jìng) |
| 菱花镜 (菱花鏡) | líng huā jìng | antique bronze mirror with flower petal edging, most commonly from the Tang dynasty |
| 铁菱 (鐵菱) | tiě líng | (military) caltrop (spiky metal device laid on the ground to create a hazard for enemy horses or troops in ancient times) |
| 铁菱角 (鐵菱角) | tiě líng jiǎo | see 铁菱 (tiě líng) |
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.