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Kanji Detail for 陵 - "mausoleum, hill"

陵

  • Meaning

    陵 means "mausoleum, hill." Also associated with to surpass.

    1. Mausoleum - An imperial tomb.

    2. Hill - A large mound; an elevation.

    3. Surpass - To exceed; to go beyond.

  • Words using 陵

    • 丘陵 きゅうりょう Listen hill; hillock; rolling hills

  • Four-character idioms with 陵

    • 武陵桃源 ぶりょうとうげん Listen earthly paradise; Shangri-la

  • Tattoo check: 陵

    • Verified meaning: mausoleum, hill
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read りょう, りよう)
    • Also carries these associations: to surpass

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 陵

    Given names 陵(りょう)Listen

    Surnames 陵(りよう)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    mausoleum; imperial tomb; mound; hill

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    hill, mound; mausoleum

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    mound; tomb; hill; mountain

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    hill, mound; mausoleum

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    A large hill is called 陵. | A tomb. In Qin, the emperor's tomb was called 山. In Han, it was called 陵. Found in "Commentary on the Waterways Classic." | To insult. The Doctrine of the Mean says: "In a high position, do not insult those below." | To skip over. 陵節 is like skipping grades. Found in the Book of Rites. | To decline. As in 陵夷 (decline), 陵遲 (deteriorate).

  • Onyomi

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    ryoh(リョウ) リョウ

  • Kunyomi

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    misasagi(みささぎ) みささぎ

  • Strokes

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    11 strokes

  • Radical

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    阜 阝 (kozato・kozatohen・oka)

  • Related Keywords

    mausoleum hill to surpass overcome tomb burial grave imperial mound memorial knoll elevation peak

Sentences including 陵

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