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壟
🇹🇼🇭🇰🇯🇵🇰🇷
垄
🇨🇳

raised

HSK 10
Nature →Elements →Landforms
lǒng
ロウ、リョウ
おか、うね、つか
롱
Phonosemantic compound. 土 represents the meaning and 龍 represents the sound.
Components
土 earth+ 龍 dragon =
壟 raised
土 Meaning component
tǔ earth
soil, earth
龍 Phonetic component
dragon
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Notes
Similar Characters
压 oppress (simp)厓 precipice圩 dike圪 phonetic圬 plaster over with圮 ruined圯 bank地 ground/earth圳 furrow in field圹 prairie (simp)场 open space (simp)圻 border (alt)圼 圾 trash址 address坂 slope均 equal坊 workshop坌 earth坍 landslide
Historical Evolution
Bronze Mid Warring States (~300 BC)
Bronze
Mid Warring States (~300 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
垄
Regular
Modern
Chinese
垄 / 壟 [lǒng]
ridge between fields; row of crops; grave mound
Japanese
丘 、 岡 、 壟 (old) 、 陸符 おか 同音

noun

  1. hill; height; knoll; rising ground
  2. mahjong usually kana bonus points awarded to the winner at the end of a game
Example Sentences
🇯🇵 (1)
その丘は見晴らしがよい。
The hill commands a fine view.
CHINESE WORDS (7)
垄断 [lǒng​duàn] #18,494
to enjoy market dominance
反垄断法 [fǎn​lǒng​duàn​fǎ] #23,487
anti-trust law
垄沟 [lǒng​gōu] #59,341
furrow (agriculture)
地垄 [dì​lǒng] #66,756
lines on ridges on ploughed field
反垄断 [fǎn​lǒng​duàn]
anti-trust legislation
垄断贩卖 [lǒng​duàn​fàn​mài]
monopoly
寡头垄断 [guǎ​tóu​lǒng​duàn]
oligopoly
JAPANESE WORDS (3)
⭐ 丘 [おか] #3,941
hill
壟断 [ろうだん] #112,333
monopoly
壟畝 [ろうほ] #269,409
ridges of and paths between fields