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淩

líng

Character

What 淩 means

1. variant of {凌|líng}

Characters built on 夌

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

• 凌língto approach; to rise high; thick ice
• 陵língmound; tomb; hill
• 菱líng(bound form) water caltrop (Trapa species)
• 绫língdamask; thin silk
• 鲮língmud carp (Cirrhina molitorella)

Characters that look like 淩

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

• 康kānghealthy; peaceful; abundant
• 凌língto approach; to rise high; thick ice
• 陵língmound; tomb; hill
• 渣zhāslag (in mining or smelting); dregs
• 浚jùnto dredge (a river)
• 逵kuícrossroads; thoroughfare

Sounds the same

Read líng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 零zero; nought; zero sign
• 龄age; length of experience, membership etc
• 灵quick; alert; efficacious
• 凌to approach; to rise high; thick ice
• 铃(small) bell
• 陵mound; tomb; hill
• 伶(old) actor; actress; (meaningless bound form)
• 岭used in 岭𫶕líng yíng
• 玲(onomatopoeia) ting-a-ling (in compounds such as 玎玲 or 玲珑); tinkling of gem-pendants
• 菱(bound form) water caltrop (Trapa species)
• 令used in 脊令; used in 令狐
• 苓fungus; tuber