The kanji 陵: meaning, readings and stroke order

陵

Meaning: hill, royal tomb
On reading: リョウ ryou
Kun reading: みささぎ misasagi
Strokes: 11
Radical: 阜 mound, dam
Level: Level 8 · the last years of junior high

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: gò đồi, lăng mộ (lăng)
Japanese: おかのようなところ。てんのうのはか。
Korean: 언덕, 임금의 무덤 (능·릉)
Chinese: 丘陵、陵墓

Readings, words and example sentences

リョウ ryou · on reading · less common

丘きゅう陵りょう
hills, hilly land
丘きゅう陵りょうの上に町があります。
There is a town up on the hills.

みささぎ misasagi · kun reading · less common

陵みささぎ
tomb of an emperor
古い 陵みささぎを見学します。
We go to see an old imperial tomb.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.