垄
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ridge between fields; crop row; mounded soil forming a ridge in a field; grave mound
- HSK 3.0
- Level 7–9
- Old HSK
- Level 6
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 土 +5
- Structure
- Top–bottom 上下
- Traditional
- 壟
- Common rank
- #3,721
- Unicode
- U+5784
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Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
Words with 垄
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 反垄断法 | antitrust legislation | |
| 反垄断 | to break up or prevent monopolies; anti-monopoly; antitrust | |
| 寡头垄断 | oligopoly | |
| 地垄 | lines on ridges on ploughed field | |
| 垄断 | to monopolize | |
| 垄沟 | furrow (agriculture) |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 龙 — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 龙 sound part | dragon; symbol of the emperor | |
| 笼 | basket; cage; bamboo basket used to serve dimsum | |
| 宠 | to love; to favor, to pamper, to spoil; concubine | |
| 拢 | to collect, to bring together | |
| 聋 | deaf | |
| 陇 | a mountain located in the Shanxi provice | |
| 珑 | the tinkling of jewelry | |
| 泷 | raining; wet, soaked; rapids; a river in Guangdong | |
| 胧 | blurry, obscured; the condition or appearance of the moon | |
| 茏 | tall grass; water-weeds | |
| 咙 | throat | |
| 眬 | faint, fuzzy, blurry | |
| 砻 | millstone; to grind, to mill | |
| 垅 | grave, mound; furrow, ridge | |
| 栊 | cage, pen; grating |