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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for:

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
líng - surname Ling
líng - to approach
- to rise high
- thick ice
- to insult or maltreat

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 13,099 11,312 11,213

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

Radical:

Type:

Pictophonetic

Phonetic:

Semantic:

Hint:

Ice

Other Words Containing

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
凌晨 6 7 3,054 2,138 2,403
冰激凌 - - 5,844 19,163 8,002
- - 13,099 11,312 11,213
凌驾 - - 15,928 33,385 33,411
欺凌 - - 22,694 34,822 25,606
凌乱 - - 23,255 11,753 5,321
凌辱 - - 26,546 40,629 35,473
恃强凌弱 - - 29,279 87,226 70,730
凌云 - - 33,009 26,819 43,490
盛气凌人 - 9 34,576 54,071 47,507
凌空 - - 36,829 14,800 33,092
凌厉 - - 38,439 17,406 28,707
凌迟 - - 40,010 50,534 28,743
凌志 - - 49,708 47,634 50,127