mausoleum, imperial tomb, mound, hill
陵 centers on a raised earthen structure: a hill, mound, or specifically an imperial tomb built as a large mound. The mausoleum sense is a natural extension of a grand burial mound.
陵 combines ⻖ (hill, mound) with 夌, which likely contributes the sound and the idea of rising or towering. Together they express a large earthen mound, especially an imperial tomb.
The left side ⻖ is a hill or mound, and the right side 夌 looks like a structure with legs and a top. Picture a grand burial mound rising from the earth, shaped like a hill with a tomb on top.
For リョウ, imagine a royal tomb so grand it's like a small 'ryo' (a made-up word for a royal mound): ryo -> リョウ, and the mound houses the imperial mausoleum.
imperial mausoleum; Emperor's tomb
insult; affront; disgrace; indignity
hill; hillock
tomb of Japanese emperor; Japanese imperial burial site
imperial tomb; imperial mausoleum
imperial tomb
hill country; hilly area
low hills
mountains and hills
hill
imperial mausoleum
Niigata Seiryo University
Tōbu Kyūryō Line
earthly paradise; Shangri-la
imperial mausoleum
kalavinka; imaginary bird in paradise that sings sweet notes
hill
imperial tomb guard
humiliation; indignity; affront; assault
china clay; kaolin; porcelain clay