陵 (ling4 | ling2) : high mound; hill; tomb

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陵

ling4

ling2

[1] [n] high mound [2] [n] mausoleum; tomb of an emperor [3] [v] offend; insult; outrage; abuse [4] [v] usurp [5] [v] clime; scale [6] a Chinese family name

Stroke count: 11

Level: 3

Radical: (#170)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

陵

This word has been viewed 3999 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:44

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丘陵 jau1 ling4 qiu1 ling2 = hills

格陵蘭 gaak3 ling4 laan4 Ge2 ling2 lan2 = Greenland

茶陵 caa4 ling4 cha2 ling2 = Chaling (place in Hunan)

涪陵 fau4 ling4 fu2 ling2 = Fuling (city in Sichuan)

涪陵地區 fau4 ling4 dei6 keoi1 fu2 ling2 di4 qu1 = Fuling district (district in Sichuan)

江陵 gong1 ling4 jiang1 ling2 = Jiangling (place in Hubei)

高陵 gou1 ling4 gao1 ling2 = Gaoling (place in Shaanxi)

醴陵 lai5 ling4 li3 ling2 = Liling (city in Hunan)

陵川 ling4 cyun1 ling2 chuan1 = Lingchuan (place in Shanxi)

樂陵 lok6 ling4 le4 ling2 = Leling (city in Shandong)
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Decimal representation of this word: 陵
Unicode code for this character: U+9675 (off-site link)

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