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岭

lǐng

mountain ridge, mountain peak

🔤 Pictophonetic: 山 (mountain) provides meaning, 令 provides pronunciation
HSK 8 strokes Common (22%)
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山
shān
mountain, hill, peak
令
lìng
command, decree, order; magistrate; to allow, to cause
⿰山令 i

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Component Tree i

shān
山
mountain, hill, peak
📷 Pictographic: Three mountain peaks
3 strokes HSK 3
lìng
令
command, decree, order; magistrate; to allow, to cause
💡 Ideographic: A person kneeling before a master 人
5 strokes HSK 5

Words Using 岭 (65)

lǐng
岭 ↗
mountain range / mountain ridge
zhōngyānghǎilǐng
中央海岭 ↗
mid-ocean ridge (geology)
fēnshuǐlǐng
分水岭 ↗
water divide / watershed
Bādálǐng
八达岭 ↗
Badaling, a particular chapter of the Great Wall that is a favorite tourist destination
Gōngzhǔlǐng
公主岭 ↗
Gongzhuling county level city in Siping [[四平]], Jilin
Gōngzhǔlǐngshì
公主岭市 ↗
Gongzhuling county level city in Siping [[四平]], Jilin
wǔlǐng
五岭 ↗
the five ranges separating Hunan and Jiangxi from south China, esp. Guangdong and Guangxi, namely: Dayu [[大庾嶺|大庾岭<Dàyǔlǐng>]], Dupang [[都龐嶺|都庞岭<Dūpánglǐng>]], Qitian [[騎田嶺|骑田岭<Qítiánlǐng>]], Mengzhu [[萌渚嶺|萌渚岭<Méngzhǔlǐng>]] and Yuecheng [[越城嶺|越城岭<Yuèchénglǐng>]]
Nánlǐng
南岭 ↗
Nanling mountain, on the border of Hunan, Jiangxi, Guangdong and Guangxi
Dàfēnjièlǐng
大分界岭 ↗
Great Dividing Range, mountain range in Eastern Australia
Shànggānlǐngqū
上甘岭区 ↗
Shanganling district of Yichun city [[伊春市<Yīchūnshì>]], Heilongjiang
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