酃 (Líng) · Ling (an ancient county name in Hunan)

Meanings

1 Ling (an ancient county name in Hunan)

Characters

酃

líng

Ling (ancient Hunan county); Ling wine

Examples

HSK 5

酃县是湖南东部的一个古县名。

Líng xiàn shì Húnán dōngbù de yí ge gǔ xiànmíng.

Ling County was an ancient county name in eastern Hunan.

HSK 6

古代这一带出产的酒叫酃酒。

Gǔdài zhè yídài chūchǎn de jiǔ jiào líng jiǔ.

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

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 Líng xiàn

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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