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菱

líng

Character

What 菱 means

1. bound formwater caltrop (Trapa species)

Other readings

菱 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• língvariant of {菱|líng}

Example sentences

• 三菱银行和东京银行合并了。
  Sānlíng yínháng hé Dōngjīng yínháng hébìng le.
  The Mitsubishi Bank merged with the Bank of Tokyo.

Words starting with 菱

• 菱形líng xíngrhombus
• 菱角líng jiaowater caltrop (Trapa species), aquatic plant with edible seeds
• 菱花镜líng huā jìngantique bronze mirror with flower petal edging, most commonly from the Tang dynasty
• 菱铁矿líng tiě kuàngsiderite
• 菱镁矿líng měi kuàngmagnesite; magnesium ore
• 菱形六面体líng xíng liù miàn tǐ(math) rhombohedron
• 菱镜líng jìngsee 菱花镜

Words containing 菱

• 三菱Sān língMitsubishi (Japanese conglomerate)
• 铁菱tiě líng(military) caltrop…
• 麦凯斯菱Mài kǎi sī língrhombus of Michaelis (anatomy)
• 大菱鲆dà líng píngturbot
• 铁菱角tiě líng jiǎosee 铁菱

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
• 淩língvariant of 凌
• 绫língdamask; thin silk
• 鲮língmud carp (Cirrhina molitorella)

Characters that look like 菱

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

• 葡púused in 葡萄
• 羞xiūshy; ashamed; shame
• 屠túto slaughter (animals for food); to massacre
• 菠bōspinach
• 筵yánbamboo mat for sitting
• 萱xuānorange day-lily (Hemerocallis flava)

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
• 令used in 脊令; used in 令狐
• 苓fungus; tuber
• 绫damask; thin silk