Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 陵

陵

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Meaning

 mound, tomb, hill, mountain

Pronunciation

 líng

Explanation

 Left: hill 阝, right: dawdle 夌 (Who walks over the earth 土 with legs 儿 that are crossed 夂, is dawdling)

Mnemonic

The hill where the earth comprises two legs 儿 that are crossed: is an imperial tomb.

Radicals

阝 hill
夌 ???
夂 upturned foot(upturned foot or crossed legs - do not mistake with the hand with a stick: /攴)
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Vocabulary

陵墓 líng mù tomb; mausoleum
丘陵 qiū líng hills
陵寝 líng qǐn tomb (of king or emperor)
谒陵之旅 yè líng zhī lǚ visit to ancestral tomb
谒陵 yè líng to pay homage at mausoleum; to visit ancestral tomb
东陵 Dōng líng Eastern tombs; Dongling district of Shenyang city 沈阳市, Liaoning

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