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líng name of a district in Hunan

Etymology phono-semantic

place

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is a phono-semantic compound: the left component provides the sound, and the right component (a reduced form of ) marks it as a city or administrative district. The character serves exclusively as a toponym for places in Hunan province, most notably the former Ling County (酃县), which was later reorganized and renamed.

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Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
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