菱 líng water-chestnut Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Components 艹 艹 Meaning component cao, cǎo grass grass 夌 夌 Sound component líng to surpass, to ascend Historical Pronunciations Middle ChineseOld ChineseZhengzhangrɯŋUnicodeliəng Sources Readings & variants Unicode Historical pronunciations Zhengzhang Shangfang