凌

líng

to approach

surname Ling; to rise high; thick ice; to insult or maltreat

ice (冫) + phonetic (夌) = rise above like towering ice

The ice radical grounds the core sense of thick, imposing ice — cold and dominant. 夌 primarily contributes the sound líng and does not add meaning.

冫+夌→凌
冫Ice (variant of 冰)Semantic
夌No clear semantic contribution in this contextPhonetic

他凌驾于所有人之上,让大家都很不满。

tā líng jià yú suǒ yǒu rén zhī shàng, ràng dà jiā dōu hěn bù mǎn.

He rose above everyone else, making everyone quite unhappy.

不能因为自己有钱就凌辱别人,这样做是不对的。

bù néng yīn wèi zì jǐ yǒu qián jiù líng rǔ bié rén, zhè yàng zuò shì bù duì de.

You cannot insult or maltreat others just because you have money; doing so is wrong.

Words with 凌

凌虐

líng nüè

to maltreat; to tyrannize

欺凌

qī líng

to bully and humiliate

凌迟

líng chí

the lingering death

违强凌弱

wéi qiáng líng ruò

to avoid the strong and attack the weak (idiom); to bully

霸凌

bà líng

(loanword) bullying

以强凌弱

yǐ qiáng líng ruò

to use one's strength to bully the weak (idiom)

傲雪凌霜

ào xuě líng shuāng

see 欺霜傲雪[qi1 shuang1 ao4 xue3]

傲霜凌雪

ào shuāng líng xuě

see 欺霜傲雪[qi1 shuang1 ao4 xue3]

冰凌

bīng líng

icicle

冰激凌

bīng jī líng

ice cream

凌乱

líng luàn

messy; disarrayed; disheveled

凌乱不堪

líng luàn bù kān

in a terrible mess (idiom)

More characters with 冫

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