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凛

lǐn

Character Traditional 凜

What 凛 means

1. cold
2. to shiver with cold
3. to tremble with fear
4. afraid
5. apprehensive
6. strict
7. stern
8. severe
9. austere
10. awe-inspiring
11. imposing
12. majestic

Words starting with 凛

• 凛冽lǐn lièbiting cold
• 凛遵lǐn zūnto strictly abide by

Words containing 凛

• 威风凛凛wēi fēng lǐn lǐnmajestic; awe-inspiring presence; impressive power
• 大义凛然dà yì lǐn rándevotion to righteousness that inspires reverence (idiom)
• 朔风凛冽shuò fēng lǐn lièThe north wind is icy cold.

Characters built on 禀

These share the phonetic component 禀 (bǐng), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 檩lǐncross-beam; ridge-pole
• 廪lǐngovernment granary
• 懔lǐnfear

Characters that look like 凛

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 遵zūnto observe; to obey; to follow
• 遭zāoto suffer; to meet with (usu. misfortune); classifier for events: time, turn, incident
• 漂piàoused in 漂亮
• 暹xiānsunrise
• 潭tándeep pool; pond; pit (dialect)
• 漕cáoto transport (esp. grain) by water; (literary) watercourse; canal

Sounds the same

Read lǐn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 檩cross-beam; ridge-pole
• 廪government granary
• 菻ancient name for east Roman empire
• 懔fear
• 僯ashamed
• 澟old variant of 凛

Go deeper

• How characters are built from components.
• How to learn Chinese characters.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read lǐn correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.