岭

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mountain range; mountain ridge

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HSK 3.0: Level 7–9
Strokes: 8
Radical: 山 +5
Structure: Left–right 左右
Traditional: 嶺
Common rank: #1,313
Unicode: U+5CAD

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Formation & memory

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How 岭 is formed

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

山 meaning “mountain” + 令 sound ( lìng )

Components 山令

How to remember it

mountain range · Heisig RSH #2440

山 mountain + 令 orders

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Words with 岭

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
大兴安岭地区	Dà xīng ān lǐng Dì qū	Daxing'anling, prefecture in Heilongjiang Province 黑龍江省\|黑龙江省[Hei1 long2 jiang1 Sheng3]
公主岭市	Gōng zhǔ lǐng Shì	Gongzhuling, a county-level city in Siping City 四平市[Si4 ping2 Shi4], Jilin
大兴安岭山脉	Dà xīng ān lǐng shān mài	Daxing'anling mountain range in northwest Heilongjiang province
高山岭雀	gāo shān lǐng què	(bird species of China) Brandt's mountain finch (Leucosticte brandti)
关岭布依族苗族自治县	Guān lǐng Bù yī zú Miáo zú Zì zhì xiàn	Guanling Buyei and Miao Autonomous County, in Anshun City 安順市\|安顺市[An1 shun4 Shi4], Guizhou
大分界岭	Dà fēn jiè lǐng	Great Dividing Range, mountain range along the east coast of Australia
大兴安岭	Dà xīng ān lǐng	see 大興安嶺地區\|大兴安岭地区[Da4 xing1 an1 ling3 Di4 qu1]; see 大興安嶺山脈\|大兴安岭山脉[Da4 xing1 an1 ling3 Shan…
分水岭	fēn shuǐ lǐng	dividing range; drainage divide; (fig.) dividing line; watershed
长岭县	Cháng lǐng Xiàn	Changling, a county in Songyuan City 松原市[Song1 yuan2 Shi4], Jilin
岭东区	Lǐng dōng Qū	Lingdong, a district of Shuangyashan City 雙鴨山市\|双鸭山市[Shuang1 ya1 shan1 Shi4], Heilongjiang
公主岭	Gōng zhǔ lǐng	see 公主嶺市\|公主岭市[Gong1 zhu3 ling3 Shi4]
关岭县	Guān lǐng Xiàn	see 關嶺布依族苗族自治縣\|关岭布依族苗族自治县[Guan1 ling3 Bu4 yi1 zu2 Miao2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 xian4]
高岭土	gāo lǐng tǔ	kaolin (clay); china clay
铁岭县	Tiě lǐng Xiàn	Tieling, a county in Tieling City 鐵嶺市\|铁岭市[Tie3 ling3 Shi4], Liaoning
铁岭市	Tiě lǐng Shì	Tieling, prefecture-level city in Liaoning Province 遼寧省\|辽宁省[Liao2 ning2 Sheng3]
粉红腹岭雀	fěn hóng fù lǐng què	(bird species of China) Asian rosy finch (Leucosticte arctoa)
大吉岭	Dà jí lǐng	Darjeeling, town in India
松岭区	Sōng lǐng Qū	Songling, a district of Daxing'anling Prefecture 大興安嶺地區\|大兴安岭地区[Da4 xing1 an1 ling3 Di4 qu1…
林岭雀	lín lǐng què	(bird species of China) plain mountain finch (Leucosticte nemoricola)
八达岭	Bā dá lǐng	Badaling, a particular section of the Great Wall that is a favorite tourist destination

Sound family

Characters sharing the sound component 令 — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
令 sound part	lìng	command, decree, order; magistrate; to allow, to cause
领	lǐng	neck, collar; lead, guide
冷	lěng	cold, cool; lonely
零	líng	zero; fragment, fraction
邻	lín	neighbor; neighborhood
龄	líng	age; years
铃	líng	small bell
怜	lián	to pity, to sympathize with
伶	líng	clever; lonely, solitary
玲	líng	the tinkling of jewelry
羚	líng	a species of antelope
鸰	líng	lark, wagtail; Motacilla species (various)
苓	líng	fungus, tuber; licorice
蛉	líng	dragonfly, sandfly; Libellulidae
呤	lìng	purine
囹	líng	prison, enclosure
拎	līn	to lift, to haul, to take
翎	líng	plume, tail feathers
聆	líng	to hear, to listen