Taxonomy of meanings for 嶺:
- 嶺 lǐng (OC: ɡ-reŋʔ MC: liɛŋ) 良郢切 上 廣韻：【山坡也裴潛廣州記云大𢈔始安臨賀桂陽揭陽爲五嶺與鄧德明南康記云别也 】
- 嶺 lǐng (OC: reŋʔ MC: liɛŋ) 良郢切 上 廣韻：【嶺古文 】
Additional information about 嶺
說文解字: 【嶺】，山道也。从山、領聲。 【良郢切】
- Criteria
- MOUNTAIN
1. The general term for a mountain of any kind, large or small, is shān 山.
2. Yuè 岳／嶽 refers is a positive way to one of the great mountains of China, and the word typically functions as the head word in a noun phrase, as in 五岳. (Note that obviously in proper names and designations of titles (e.g. the title sì yuè 四岳 ) the two characters are not interchangeable.)
3. Fù 阜 refers to a large non-rocky mountain with an elevated plain on top.
4. Ā 阿 refers to a very large non-rocky mountan with an elevated plain on top.
5. Qiū 丘 refers to a small non-rocky earth mound.
6. Yuán 原 can refer to the highlands and is marginal in this group.
7. Lǐng 嶺, later sometimes written 領, is not a post-Han word, as many dictionaries might lead one to suppose, but the word is very rare in pre-Han times. The word refers to mountains as forming a series, often connoting a road along the ridge.