岭 — Chinese character
岭
lǐng
mountain ridge, mountain peak
- Pinyin
- lǐng
- Radical
- 46 ⼭ (Mountain)
- Strokes
- 8
- Components
- 山 令
- Formation
- pictophonetic — mountain; meaning component 山; sound component 令
- Traditional
- 嶺
Common words with 岭
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 分水岭 (分水嶺) | fēn shuǐ lǐng | dividing range; drainage divide |
| 山岭 (山嶺) | shān lǐng | mountain ridge |
| 翻山越岭 (翻山越嶺) | fān shān yuè lǐng | lit. to pass over mountain ridges (idiom); fig. hardships of the journey |
| 果岭 (果嶺) | guǒ lǐng | green (golf) (loanword) |
| 高岭土 (高嶺土) | gāo lǐng tǔ | kaolin (clay); china clay |
| 崇山峻岭 (崇山峻嶺) | chóng shān jùn lǐng | towering mountains and precipitous ridges (idiom) |
| 五岭 (五嶺) | wǔ lǐng | the five ranges separating Hunan and Jiangxi from south China, esp. Guangdong and Guangxi, namely: Dayu 大庾岭 (Dà yǔ lǐng), Dupang 都庞岭 (Dū páng lǐng), Qitian 骑田岭 |
| 峻岭 (峻嶺) | jùn lǐng | lofty mountain range |
| 海岭 (海嶺) | hǎi lǐng | mid-ocean ridge |
| 荒山野岭 (荒山野嶺) | huāng shān yě lǐng | wild, mountainous country |
| 中央海岭 (中央海嶺) | zhōng yāng hǎi lǐng | mid-ocean ridge (geology) |
| 岭𫶕 (岭巆) | líng yíng | deep in the mountains |
English words written with 岭
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.
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