领
neck; collar; to lead; to receive; classifier for clothes, mats, screens etc
11 strokes
Dict coverage rank #537 U+9886
How 领 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
页 (semantic, “head”) + 令 (phonetic, lìng)
How to remember it
collar · Heisig RSH #1116
令 orders + head
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 令
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 令 (lìng) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 令 sound component | lìng | command, decree, order; magistrate; to allow, to cause |
| 冷 | lěng | cold, cool; lonely |
| 零 | líng | zero; fragment, fraction |
| 岭 | lǐng | mountain ridge, mountain peak |
| 邻 | lín | neighbor; neighborhood |
| 龄 | líng | age; years |
| 铃 | líng | small bell |
| 怜 | lián | to pity, to sympathize with |
| 伶 | líng | clever; lonely, solitary |
| 玲 | líng | the tinkling of jewelry |
| 羚 | líng | a species of antelope |
| 鸰 | líng | lark, wagtail; Motacilla species (various) |
| 苓 | líng | fungus, tuber; licorice |
| 蛉 | líng | dragonfly, sandfly; Libellulidae |
| 呤 | lìng | purine |
| 囹 | líng | prison, enclosure |
| 拎 | līn | to lift, to haul, to take |
| 翎 | líng | plume, tail feathers |
| 聆 | líng | to hear, to listen |
Words containing 领
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 心领神会 | xīn lǐng shén huì | to understand tacitly (idiom); to know intuitively; to understand thoroughly |
| 北领地 | Běi lǐng dì | Northern Territory, sparsely populated federal territory extending from center to north of… |
| 领子 | lǐng zi | shirt collar |
| 领头 | lǐng tóu | to take the lead; to be first to start |
| 头领 | tóu lǐng | head person; leader |
| 心领 | xīn lǐng | I appreciate your kindness (conventional reply to turn down an offer) |
| 鸡心领 | jī xīn lǐng | (of clothing) V-neck |
| 领地 | lǐng dì | territory; domain; estate; (old) fief |
| 领海 | lǐng hǎi | territorial waters |
| 白领 | bái lǐng | white-collar; white-collar worker |
| 领有 | lǐng yǒu | to possess; to own |
| 金领 | jīn lǐng | gold collar; high-level senior executive; highly-skilled worker |
| 领会 | lǐng huì | to understand; to comprehend; to grasp |
| 不得要领 | bù dé yào lǐng | to fail to grasp the main points |
| 看家本领 | kān jiā běn lǐng | (idiom) one's forte |
| 领口 | lǐng kǒu | collar; neckband; neckline; the place where the two ends of a collar meet |
| 领主 | lǐng zhǔ | feudal lord; suzerain; overlord |
| 领事 | lǐng shì | consul |
| 领工 | lǐng gōng | to work as a foreman; foreman; supervisor |
| 红领 | hóng lǐng | red collar; government worker |