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瓴

líng
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 long-necked water jar
  2. 2 concave channel of roof tiling

Examples

HSK 7-9
他的分析高屋建瓴，气势不可阻挡。
Tā de fēnxī gāowūjiànlíng, qìshì bùkě zǔdǎng.
His analysis came from a commanding height, sweeping and irresistible.
HSK 7-9
雨水顺着屋顶的瓴流下来。
Yǔshuǐ shùnzhe wūdǐng de líng liú xiàlái.
Rainwater runs along the channels of the roof tiles.

Tips

usage
Today 瓴 survives almost entirely in the idiom 高屋建瓴, literally pouring water from a jar off a high roof: acting from a commanding height that nothing can resist.

Components

radical
瓦 wǎ
tile; earthenware
瓦 is the tile/pottery radical, marking this as a fired clay object. It places 瓴 among ceramic vessels like 瓶 and 瓷.
phonetic
令 líng
command; order
令 gives the sound, read here as líng rather than its usual lìng. It carries no meaning in 瓴; the same phonetic appears in 领, 岭, and 龄.

Stroke Order

瓴 líng