Líng
proper noun

Meanings

  1. 1 Ling (an ancient county name in Hunan)

Examples

HSK 4
Líng xiàn shì Húnán dōngbù de yí gè gǔ xiànmíng.
Ling County was an ancient county name in eastern Hunan.
HSK 7-9
Gǔdài zhè yídài chūchǎn de jiǔ jiào líng jiǔ.
The wine produced near here in ancient times was called Ling wine.

Tips

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

Components

radical
city; town
on the right is the city/town radical (the side form of ), marking as a place name.
phonetic
líng
raindrops falling
('falling raindrops') fills the left and supplies the exact sound líng. The same phonetic appears in and .

In Pop Culture

Líng xiàn
Ling County
Historic county in eastern Hunan, renamed Yanling in 1994. Long associated with the early tribute wine .

Stroke Order

Líng