酃 (Líng): Ling (an ancient county name in…

Meanings

1 Ling (an ancient county name in Hunan)

Characters

酃

líng

Ling (ancient Hunan county); Ling wine

Examples

酃县是湖南东部的一个古县名。

Língxiàn shì Húnán dōngbù de yígè gǔ xiànmíng.

Ling County was an ancient county name in eastern Hunan.

古代这一带出产的酒叫酃酒。

Gǔdài zhè yídài chūchǎn de jiǔ jiào língjiǔ.

The wine produced near here in ancient times was called Ling wine.

Tips

history

酃 is a place-name character. 酃县 was a historic county in eastern Hunan (now Yanling), and 酃酒 ('Ling wine') was a famous local tribute wine in early dynasties.

Components

radical

阝 yì

city; town

阝 on the right is the city/town radical (the side form of 邑), marking 酃 as a place name.

phonetic

霝 líng

raindrops falling (phonetic)

霝 ('falling raindrops') fills the left and supplies the exact sound líng. The same phonetic appears in 灵 and 零.

In Pop Culture

酃县 Língxiàn

Ling County

Historic county in eastern Hunan, renamed Yanling in 1994. Long associated with the early tribute wine 酃酒.

Stroke Order

酃 Líng

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