Keyword
mound
- hill
- mausoleum
- Frequency
- #1942
- Strokes
- 10
Readings
líng
Mnemonic
A hill 阝 where people are laid to rest 夌; 夌 also provides the pronunciation
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
丘陵
hills
陵墓
tomb; mausoleum
陵
mound; tomb; hill; mountain
金陵
pre-Han name for Nanjing; common place name
格陵兰
Greenland
陵园
cemetery; mausoleum park
陵寝
tomb (of king or emperor)
嘉陵江
Jialing River in Sichuan (a tributary of the Yangtze)
皇陵
imperial tomb (of a Chinese emperor)
江陵县
Jiangling, a county in Jingzhou City 荆州市 (JīngzhōuShì), Hubei
泰姬陵
Taj Mahal (mausoleum in India)
竟陵
Jingling, former name of Tianmen 天门, Hubei
黄陵
mausoleum of the Yellow Emperor; Huangling county in Yan'an 延安 (Yán'ān), Shaanxi
铜陵市
Tongling, prefecture-level city in Anhui Province 安徽省 (ĀnhuīShěng)
格陵兰岛
Greenland
中山陵
Dr Sun Yat-sen's mausoleum in Nanjing
陵水
Lingshui Lizu Autonomous County, Hainan; abbr. for 陵水黎族自治县 (LíngshuǐLízúZìzhìxiàn)
黄陵县
Huangling, a county in Yan'an City 延安市 (Yán'ānShì), Shaanxi
秦始皇陵
the tomb of the first emperor at Mt Li 骊山 (Líshān) near Xi'an (awaits excavation)
涪陵区
Fuling, a district in central Chongqing 重庆 (Chóngqìng)
沅陵县
Yuanling, a county in Huaihua City 怀化市 (HuáihuàShì), Hunan
茶陵县
Chaling, a county in Zhuzhou City 株洲市 (ZhūzhōuShì), Hunan
陵川县
Lingchuan, a county in Jincheng City 晋城市 (JìnchéngShì), Shanxi
武陵源
Wulingyuan scenic area, in Zhangjiajie city 张家界市 (Zhāngjiājièshì), Hunan