Readings

Kana: リョウ、しの.ぐ
Romaji: ryō, shino.gu
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

endure, keep (rain)out, stave off, tide over, defy, slight, surpass

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  10
Radical Number:  15
Frequency:  2423
Grade:  9
Skip Pattern:  1-2-8
Korean Reading:  reung
Chinese Reading:  ling2
Unicode:  51cc
JIS:  4E3F

Indexes

Halpern Index: 128
Nelson Index: 646
New Nelson Index: 424
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 2b8.5
Four Corner Index: 3414.7
Japanese Names Index: 1022
Daikanwanjiten Index: 1669
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 2.0152
Remembering the kanji Index: 2136
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 96
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 109
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 2263
Kodansha Kanji Index: 144

Words

凌ぐ (しのぐ)
to endure; to keep out (e.g. rain); to stave off (e.g. starvation); to pull through; to get over; to survive; to surpass; to outdo; to excel; to eclipse; to defy; to slight
凌駕 (りょうが)
excelling; surpassing; outdoing; superior
口凌ぎ (くちしのぎ)
living from hand to mouth
凌霄花 (のうぜんかずら、りょうしょうか、ノウゼンカズラ)
Chinese trumpet creeper (Campsis grandiflora)
凌遅 (りょうち)
Lingchi; Leng Tch'e; slow torture by slicing off parts of the body
陵辱 (りょうじょく)
insult; affront; disgrace; indignity; sexual assault; rape
凌雲 (りょううん)
skyscraping; very high; above the clouds; above this mortal world
一時しのぎ (いちじしのぎ)
makeshift; temporary expedient; stopgap measure
凌波性 (りょうはせい)
seaworthiness
暑さ凌ぎ (あつさしのぎ)
relief from the heat
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