Question

凌 しの.ぐ 凌ぐ(しのぐ): (1) to endure; to keep out (e.g. rain); to stave off (e.g. starvation) (2) to pull through; to get over; to survive (3) to surpass; to outdo; to excel; to eclipse; to defy; to slight S+ 冫: two-stroke water radical or ice radical (no. 15)土: soil; earth; ground; Turkey儿: legs radical (no. 10)夂: winter radical (no. 34) pull through "In a very harsh turn of the weather, the water of the rice fields has turned to ice! The farmers are strutting around the little rice seedlings anxiously on their walking legs, hoping that the plants will pull through and survive!"

Accepted Answer

リョウ endure, keep (rain)out, stave off, tide over, defy, slight, surpass 1 2423 (none) "On their walk to the Promised Land (land (#1513)), our brave rice-seedlings are faced with an unforeseen obstacle: An ice glacier the size of a rain puddle. Will they be able to pull through?" 2263

Kanji	凌
Onyomi	リョウ
Kunyomi	しの.ぐ
English	endure, keep (rain)out, stave off, tide over, defy, slight, surpass
Examples	凌ぐ(しのぐ): (1) to endure; to keep out (e.g. rain); to stave off (e.g. starvation) (2) to pull through; to get over; to survive (3) to surpass; to outdo; to excel; to eclipse; to defy; to slight
JLPT Level	1
Jouyou Grade	S+
Frequency	2423
Components	冫: two-stroke water radical or ice radical (no. 15) 土: soil; earth; ground; Turkey 儿: legs radical (no. 10) 夂: winter radical (no. 34)
Traditional Form	(none)
Keyword	pull through
Koohii Story 1	"On their walk to the Promised Land (land (#1513)), our brave rice-seedlings are faced with an unforeseen obstacle: An ice glacier the size of a rain puddle. Will they be able to pull through?"
Koohii Story 2	"In a very harsh turn of the weather, the water of the rice fields has turned to ice! The farmers are strutting around the little rice seedlings anxiously on their walking legs, hoping that the plants will pull through and survive!"
RTK Index (new)	2263

Pull Radical Stave E.G Water Ice Rice 凌