JLPT N1 · 10 strokes
Kanji 凌: "endure, keep (rain)out, stave off"
The kanji 凌 means "endure, keep (rain)out, stave off, tide over, defy, slight". It is written with 10 strokes and belongs to JLPT level N1, read リョウ in on'yomi and しの.ぐ in kun'yomi.
Stroke order
Strokes are written in the order of the numbers. The order is not decorative: it is what gives the character its balance, and it is also how handwriting search works in Japanese dictionaries.
Readings
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
リョウ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
しの.ぐ
In a kun'yomi reading, the dot separates the kanji from its okurigana: かた.る is read かたる and written 語る. A hyphen marks a bound position, like -び in 日.
At a glance
| Meaning | endure, keep (rain)out, stave off, tide over, defy, slight |
|---|---|
| Strokes | 10 |
| JLPT level | N1 |
| Taught in Japan | secondary school |
| Frequency rank | 2423 of 2,501 |
Common words with 凌
The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.
- 凌ぐto endure; to keep out (e.g. rain); to stave off (e.g. starvation) · to pull through; to get over; to survive
- 凌駕excelling; surpassing; outdoing
- 凌ぎ(means of) enduring; tiding over; pulling through · food offered to attendants of a funeral
- 糊口を凌ぐto eke out a living; to get a bare livelihood; to live from hand to mouth
- 凌雲skyscraping; very high; above the clouds; above this mortal world
- 凌遅lingchi; death by a thousand cuts; slow torture by slicing off parts of the body
- 凌霄Chinese trumpet creeper (Campsis grandiflora)
- 当座凌ぎmakeshift; for the time being
- 凌霄花Chinese trumpet creeper (Campsis grandiflora)
- 壮者を凌ぐto put young men to shame
- 凌ぎ場shelter
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