陵
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mound; tomb; hill; mountain
- HSK 3.0
- Level 7–9
- Old HSK
- Level 6
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 阜 +8
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 陵
- Common rank
- #955
- Unicode
- U+9675
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Formation & memory
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How 陵 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
A hill 阝 where people are laid to rest 夌; 夌 also provides the pronunciation
Components 阝 夌
How to remember it
mausoleum · Heisig RSH #2347
pinnacle + Minuteclods
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 陵
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 金陵大学 | University of Nanking | |
| 陵水县 | Lingshui Lizu Autonomous County, Hainan; abbr. for 陵水黎族自治縣|陵水黎族自治县[Ling2 shui3 Li2 zu2 Zi4… | |
| 中山陵 | Dr Sun Yat-sen's mausoleum in Nanjing | |
| 海陵区 | Hailing, a district of Taizhou City 泰州市[Tai4 zhou1 Shi4], Jiangsu | |
| 西陵区 | Xiling, a district of Yichang City 宜昌市[Yi2 chang1 Shi4], Hubei | |
| 高陵区 | Gaoling, a district of Xi'an City 西安市[Xi1 an1 Shi4], Shaanxi | |
| 南陵县 | Nanling, a county in Wuhu City 蕪湖市|芜湖市[Wu2 hu2 Shi4], Anhui | |
| 陵城区 | Lingcheng, a district of Dezhou City 德州市[De2 zhou1 Shi4], Shandong | |
| 黄陵县 | Huangling, a county in Yan'an City 延安市[Yan2 an1 Shi4], Shaanxi | |
| 龙陵县 | Longling, a county in Baoshan City 保山市[Bao3 shan1 Shi4], Yunnan | |
| 江陵县 | Jiangling, a county in Jingzhou City 荊州市|荆州市[Jing1 zhou1 Shi4], Hubei | |
| 明十三陵 | the Ming tombs (mausoleum park of the Ming emperors in Changping district of Beijing) | |
| 乐陵市 | Laoling, a county-level city in Dezhou City 德州市[De2 zhou1 Shi4], Shandong | |
| 兰陵县 | Lanling, a county in Linyi City 臨沂市|临沂市[Lin2 yi2 Shi4], Shandong | |
| 陵水黎族自治县 | Lingshui Lizu Autonomous County, Hainan | |
| 格陵兰岛 | Greenland | |
| 武陵区 | Wuling, a district of Changde City 常德市[Chang2 de2 Shi4], Hunan | |
| 宁陵县 | Ningling, a county in Shangqiu City 商丘市[Shang1 qiu1 Shi4], Henan | |
| 格陵兰 | Greenland | |
| 兰陵笑笑生 | Lanling Xiaoxiaosheng, pseudonym of the Ming dynasty writer and author of the Golden Lotus… |