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Watch the video of writing the Chinese character "垄", learn the correct stroke order (笔顺) of the character "垄", and master the standard way of writing the character "垄".
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垄 (lǒng)
1. Mound: A raised bank that serves as a boundary for fields.
2. Ridge: The row of crops or the space between rows.
3. Something resembling a ridge.
4. Tomb: Referring to a grave or burial site.
本义: 坟 (literal meaning: grave)
造字法: 形声 (phonetic-ideographic composition), formed with the element 土 (earth) and the phonetic element 龙 (lóng).
1. Same as the original meaning ([En.] mound).
- Example: 生王之头,曾不若死士之垄也 (From "The Strategies of the Warring States - Qi": The living king's head is not as good as the mound of the dead soldiers).
- Example: 垄墓 (grave).
2. Ridge ([En.] ridge).
3. Field ridge.
- Example: 辍耕之垄上 (From "Records of the Grand Historian - Chen She Family": On the ridge where he stopped farming).
- Example: 垄次 (between ridges); 垄亩之臣 (courtiers who resigned to return to farming); 垄亩 (farmland).
4. Ridge for planting crops.
5. Something that resembles a ridge.
- Example: 瓦垄 (tile ridge); 垄灶 (earthen stove built on site).
6. High hill ([En.] high hill).
- Example: 封比干之丘垄 (From "Chuci - Dongfang Shuo - Seven Advisements on the Sinking River": To seal the mound of Bi Gan). Note: "小曰丘,大曰垄" (Small is called hill, large is called ridge).
- Example: 垄岗沙 (a type of dune commonly found in deserts, also known as "sand ridge" or "longitudinal dune").