陵 líng hill
hill; mound; mausoleum
怎么记住“陵”: 阝 mound + 夌 climb over = hill. The kids scramble up one small mound after another and climb over the fence until they stand on top of the big green hill.
部件结构
会意 · Meaning + meaning
Two or more parts whose meanings together make the new meaning.
陵 = 阝 mound + 夌 climb over
- 阝 mound meaning
- 夌 climb over meaning + sound
The kids scramble up one small mound after another and climb over the fence until they stand on top of the big green hill.
How it came to be
The word was first written with the hill sign alone; the mound was added later, and the hill sign still gives the sound.
用法
- Two senses. A large hill: 丘陵 (qiūlíng) hilly country, rolling hills.
- A royal tomb/mausoleum: 陵墓 (língmù) mausoleum, 明十三陵 (Míng Shísānlíng) the Ming Tombs, imperial burial mounds.
- So 陵 is either rolling hill terrain or a grand tomb, both tied to raised earth.