懂中文 Dong Chinese

嶺

lǐng

mountain ridge

Components
山 meaning component

山  Meaning component

shān

  

mountain

mountain

領 unknown component

領  Unknown component

lǐng

  

neck

Evolution

嶺 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
嶺 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

岭 (嶺) 

lǐng

mountain ridge, mountain peak; mountain range; mountain ridge

Most common words with 嶺
Freq.
Word
Meaning

岭

mountain range

翻山越岭

to pass over mountains ridges (idiom); fig. hardships of the journey

分水岭

dividing range

岭南

south of the five ranges

山岭

mountain ridge