凛冽
lǐn​liè

piercing cold

凛 lǐn to shiver with cold or fear Simplified

Components

冫
冫 Meaning component
bīng ice

ice

禀
禀 Sound component
bǐng, lǐn report to

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

冽 liè cold and raw

Phonosemantic compound. 冫 represents the meaning and 列 represents the sound.

Components

冫
冫 Meaning component
bīng ice

冫 is a component form of 冰.

列
列 Sound component
liè arrange

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartljetC.r[a]tcold, raw
Zhengzhangred

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang

凜 to shiver with cold or fear Traditional

Components

冫
冫 Meaning component
bīng ice

ice

稟
稟 Sound component
report to

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartlimX[r][ə]mʔcold
Zhengzhangb·rɯmʔ
ɡrɯm
Unicodelǐm
lǐm

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica