陵 — Chinese character
陵
líng
hill, mound; mausoleum
- Pinyin
- líng
- Radical
- 170 ⾩ (Mound)
- Strokes
- 10
- Components
- 阝 夌
- Formation
- ideographic — A hill 阝 where people are laid to rest 夌; 夌 also provides the pronunciation
- Japanese
- 陵 as a kanji
Common words with 陵
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 丘陵 | qiū líng | hills |
| 陵墓 | líng mù | tomb; mausoleum |
| 陵园 (陵園) | líng yuán | cemetery; mausoleum park |
| 陵寝 (陵寢) | líng qǐn | tomb (of king or emperor) |
| 皇陵 | huáng líng | imperial tomb (of a Chinese emperor) |
| 谒陵 (謁陵) | yè líng | to pay homage at a mausoleum |
| 陵夷 | líng yí | to deteriorate; to decline |
| 凭陵 (憑陵) | píng líng | to ride roughshod over; to encroach |
| 烈士陵 | liè shì líng | memorial mound; heroes' memorial |
English words written with 陵
陵 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Analects 1 · Art of War 2 · I Ching 3 · Mencius 5 · Zhuangzi 16 · Doctrine of the Mean 1
- Analects 19.24
- Art of War 7.33
- Art of War 9.13
- Hexagram 13
- Hexagram 51
- Hexagram 53
- Mencius 3B.1
- Mencius 3B.10
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