TSUMUGU · TOCFL B2 (est.) · 字
凌
凌 ＝ 冫 ＋ 夌
ㄌㄧㄥˊ · líng
verb — to rise above, override; to insult, ride over
字源 FORM — what the parts do
冫義ice
夌聲líng — gives the sounda figure climbing, mounting up
Ice (冫) piled high — the first sense was thick ice. 夌 líng carries the sound and the climbing in it; from mounting up comes rising above and riding over others: 凌駕、欺凌.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
冰（冫）一層層往上堆（夌），高過了所有人的頭頂。
The ice (冫) stacks higher and higher (夌), rising over everyone's head.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)凌冰、積凌— thick piled ice
→凌駕、凌空— to rise above, override常用
⇒欺凌、凌辱— to ride over, insult
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
陵＝ 阜 ＋ língthe series, with 阜 — a hill, a tomb mound淩línga water-radical variant — 凌 keeps the ice