陵 – mausoleum, imperial tomb, mound

11 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#1746 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 陵 means mausoleum, imperial tomb, mound, hill. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is リョウ (ryou); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is みささぎ (misasagi). It is written with 11 strokes, under radical 阜 (no. 170).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	リョウ	ryou
Kun’yomi	みささぎ	misasagi

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 阜 (Kangxi radical 170). Components: 土・儿・夂・阡.

Words using 陵

丘陵きゅうりょうhill

Example sentences

飛行機から見ると、小さな丘陵は平地のように見える。

Small hills look flat from an airplane.

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Kanji with the same radical

院際防限階除降隊険陸障陣陽隣隠陥

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