领

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neck; collar; to lead; to receive; classifier for clothes, mats, screens etc

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Formation & memory

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

页 meaning “head” + 令 sound ( lìng )

Components 令页

collar · Heisig RSH #1116

令 orders + head

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

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

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
心领神会	xīn lǐng shén huì	to understand tacitly (idiom); to know intuitively; to understand thoroughly
北领地	Běi lǐng dì	Northern Territory, sparsely populated federal territory extending from center to north of…
领子	lǐng zi	shirt collar
领头	lǐng tóu	to take the lead; to be first to start
头领	tóu lǐng	head person; leader
心领	xīn lǐng	I appreciate your kindness (conventional reply to turn down an offer)
鸡心领	jī xīn lǐng	(of clothing) V-neck
领地	lǐng dì	territory; domain; estate; (old) fief
领海	lǐng hǎi	territorial waters
白领	bái lǐng	white-collar; white-collar worker
领有	lǐng yǒu	to possess; to own
金领	jīn lǐng	gold collar; high-level senior executive; highly-skilled worker
领会	lǐng huì	to understand; to comprehend; to grasp
不得要领	bù dé yào lǐng	to fail to grasp the main points
看家本领	kān jiā běn lǐng	(idiom) one's forte
领口	lǐng kǒu	collar; neckband; neckline; the place where the two ends of a collar meet
领主	lǐng zhǔ	feudal lord; suzerain; overlord
领事	lǐng shì	consul
领工	lǐng gōng	to work as a foreman; foreman; supervisor
红领	hóng lǐng	red collar; government worker

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
冷	lěng	cold, cool; lonely
零	líng	zero; fragment, fraction
岭	lǐng	mountain ridge, mountain peak
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