陵
mausoleum, imperial tomb, mound, hill
Readings
On'yomi
- リョウ
Kun'yomi
- みささぎ
Meaning
陵 centers on a raised earthen structure: a hill, mound, or specifically an imperial tomb built as a large mound. The mausoleum sense is a natural extension of a grand burial mound.
Most common words using 陵
- 陵みささぎ
imperial mausoleum; Emperor's tomb
- 陵辱りょうじょく
insult; affront; disgrace; indignity
- 丘陵きゅうりょうN1
hill; hillock
- 天皇陵てんのうりょう
tomb of Japanese emperor; Japanese imperial burial site
- 陵墓りょうぼ
imperial tomb; imperial mausoleum
- 御陵ごりょう
imperial tomb
- 丘陵地帯きゅうりょうちたい
hill country; hilly area
- 低丘陵ていきゅうりょう
low hills
- 山陵さんりょう
mountains and hills
- 岡陵こうりょう
hill
- 帝陵ていりょう
imperial mausoleum
- 新潟青陵大学にいがたせいりょうだいがく
Niigata Seiryo University
- 東部丘陵線とうぶきゅうりょうせん
Tōbu Kyūryō Line
- 武陵桃源ぶりょうとうげん
earthly paradise; Shangri-la
- 皇陵こうりょう
imperial mausoleum
- 迦陵頻伽かりょうびんが
kalavinka; imaginary bird in paradise that sings sweet notes
- 陵丘りょうきゅう
hill
- 陵戸りょうこ
imperial tomb guard
- 陵虐りょうぎゃく
humiliation; indignity; affront; assault
- 高陵土こうりょうど
china clay; kaolin; porcelain clay
Study
Etymology
陵 combines ⻖ (hill, mound) with 夌, which likely contributes the sound and the idea of rising or towering. Together they express a large earthen mound, especially an imperial tomb.
Meaning mnemonic
The left side ⻖ is a hill or mound, and the right side 夌 looks like a structure with legs and a top. Picture a grand burial mound rising from the earth, shaped like a hill with a tomb on top.
Reading mnemonic
For リョウ, imagine a royal tomb so grand it's like a small 'ryo' (a made-up word for a royal mound): ryo -> リョウ, and the mound houses the imperial mausoleum.