líng

hill

A hill  where people are laid to rest  also provides the pronunciation

Components
阝 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

hill, place

夌 sound,meaning component

  Sound Meaning component

líng

  

to dawdle

Evolution

陵 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
陵 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
陵 Clerical script Jin dynasty (266-420 AD)

Clerical script

Jin dynasty (266-420 AD)
陵 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

líng

hill, mound; mausoleum; mound; tomb; hill; mountain

Most common words with 陵
Freq.
Word
Meaning

mound

陵墓

tomb

金陵

common place name

丘陵

hills

格陵兰

Greenland