TSUMUGU · C1 (est.) · 字
陵
陵 ＝ 阜 ＋ 夌
ㄌㄧㄥˊ · líng
noun — large mound; an imperial tomb; hill
字源 FORM — what the parts do
阜義a mound of earth (the 阝 on the left)
夌聲líng — gives the sound
The mound 阜 (the 阝 at the left) — a great hill of earth. 夌 líng carries the sound, an exact match. The same 夌 builds 菱、凌、綾.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
一道大土坡（阝）拔地而起，高得要登階（夌）才上得去。
A great bank of earth (阝) rises from the ground, so high you climb step by step (夌) to the top.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)大阜— a large mound
→陵墓— an imperial tomb常用
⇒丘陵— hills
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
阜fùthe mound itself — written 阝 on a character's left, it is the earth-bank 陵 is built on凌＝ 冫 ＋ língthe series — to rise over, to ride above