lǐng
mountain ridge
Phonosemantic compound. 山 represents the meaning and 令 represents the sound. Simplified form of 嶺.
Evolution

Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)Traditional script
ModernSimplified script
ModernMost common words with 岭
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
---|---|---|
mountain range | ||
to pass over mountains ridges (idiom); fig. hardships of the journey | ||
dividing range | ||
south of the five ranges | ||
mountain ridge |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
Appears in 0.9290% of movies
3266th most common character in movies
2214th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 8 |
Traditional | |
Unicode | U+5CAD |
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