垄 Stroke Order

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").