嶺
lǐng

mountain ridge

Phonosemantic compound. 山 represents the meaning and 領 represents the sound.

Components

山
山 Meaning component
shān mountain
領
領 Sound component
lǐng neck

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangreŋʔ
Unicodeliɛ̌ng

說文解字

《說文新附》：“嶺，山道也。从山，領聲。”

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

岭 lǐng mountain ridge Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 山 represents the meaning and 令 represents the sound. Simplified form of 嶺.

Components

山
山 Meaning component
shān mountain
令
令 Sound component
lìng command

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangreːŋ

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang