嶺
lǐng

mountain ridge

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領

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

Components

山
山 Meaning component
領
領 Sound component

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)