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凌

凌 — endure, keep (rain)out, stave off

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リョウ
Kun
しのぐ
Strokes
10
JLPT
N1
School grade
9

Common words with 凌

  • 凌ぐしのぐto endure; to keep out (e.g. rain); to stave off (e.g. starvation)Common

    この新車は他車をしのぐだろう。
    This new car will put other cars to shame.

  • 凌駕りょうがexcelling; surpassing; outdoingOccasional
  • 凌波性りょうはせいseaworthinessRare
  • 凌遅りょうちlingchi; death by a thousand cuts; slow torture by slicing off parts of the bodyRare
  • 凌遅刑りょうちけいlingchi (form of torture and execution used in China); slow slicing; death by a…Rare
  • 凌ぎしのぎ(means of) enduring; tiding over; pulling throughRare
  • 凌ぎ場しのぎばshelterRare
  • 凌雲りょううんskyscraping; very high; above the clouds; above this mortal worldRare
  • 糊口を凌ぐここうをしのぐto eke out a living; to get a bare livelihood; to live from hand to mouthRare
  • 凌霄りょうしょうChinese trumpet creeper (Campsis grandiflora)Rare

With the N5–N1 kanji, you can read 10 words that use 凌.

  • 凌ぐ しのぐ to endure; to keep out (e.g. rain); to stave off (e.g. starvation)
  • 凌波性 りょうはせい seaworthiness
  • 凌遅 りょうち lingchi; death by a thousand cuts; slow torture by slicing off parts of the body
  • 凌遅刑 りょうちけい lingchi (form of torture and execution used in China); slow slicing; death by a…
  • 凌ぎ しのぎ (means of) enduring; tiding over; pulling through

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