陵

líng

mound

tomb; hill; mountain

mound terrain (阝) + ascending (夌) = a great burial hill

阝 on the left signals terrain or an earthen mound. 夌 carries the sense of ascending or overcoming, evoking a raised landform that must be climbed.

阝+夌→陵
夌To ascendSemantic
阝MoundSemantic

山上有一座古老的陵墓。

shān shàng yǒu yī zuò gǔ lǎo de líng mù。

There is an ancient tomb on the mountain.

我们去参观了皇帝的陵园。

wǒ men qù cān guān le huáng dì de líng yuán。

We went to visit the emperor's mausoleum grounds.

Words with 陵

兰陵

lán líng

Lanling County in Linyi 臨沂|临沂[Lin2 yi2], Shandong

泰姬陵

tài jī líng

Taj Mahal (mausoleum in India)

秦始皇陵

qín shǐ huáng líng

the tomb of the first emperor at Mt Li 驪山|骊山[Li2 shan1] near Xi'an (awaits excavation)

金陵

jīn líng

pre-Han name for Nanjing

铜陵

tóng líng

see 銅陵市|铜陵市[Tong2 ling2 Shi4]

西陵

xī líng

see 西陵區|西陵区[Xi1 ling2 Qu1]

陵水

líng shuǐ

abbr. for 陵水黎族自治縣|陵水黎族自治县[Ling2 shui3 Li2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 xian4]

格陵兰

gé líng lán

Greenland

茶陵

chá líng

see 茶陵縣|茶陵县[Cha2 ling2 Xian4]

嘉陵江

jiā líng jiāng

Jialing River in Sichuan (a tributary of the Yangtze)

违强陵弱

wéi qiáng líng ruò

to avoid the strong and attack the weak (idiom); to bully

鄢陵县

yān líng xiàn

Yanling, a county in Xuchang City 許昌市|许昌市[Xu3 chang1 Shi4], Henan

More characters with 阝

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