玲

玲 U+73B2, 玲
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-73B2
← 玱
[U+73B1]
CJK Unified Ideographs 玳 →
[U+73B3]
玲 U+F9AD, 玲
CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F9AD
← 怜
[U+F9AC]
CJK Compatibility Ideographs 瑩 →
[U+F9AE]

Translingual

Han character

玲 (Kangxi radical 96, 玉+5, 9 strokes, cangjie input 一土人戈戈 (MGOII), four-corner 18137 or 18132, composition ⿰𤣩令)

Derived characters

  • 𦴿 𫺡 𮦜

References

Chinese

trad. 玲
simp. # 玲

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 玲
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *reːŋ) : semantic 玉 (“jade”) + phonetic 令 (OC *ren, *reŋ, *reŋs, *reːŋ, *reːŋs).

Pronunciation



Rime
Character 玲
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 來 (37)
Final (韻) 青 (125)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) IV
Fanqie 郎丁切
Baxter leng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/leŋ/
Pan
Wuyun
/leŋ/
Shao
Rongfen
/lɛŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/lɛjŋ/
Li
Rong
/leŋ/
Wang
Li
/lieŋ/
Bernard
Karlgren
/lieŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
líng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
ling4
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 玲
Reading # 1/1
No. 8300
Phonetic
component
令
Rime
group
耕
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
靈
Old
Chinese
/*reːŋ/

Definitions

玲

  1. (onomatopoeia) jade-hitting sound

Compounds

  • 八面玲瓏/八面玲珑 (bāmiànlínglóng)
  • 剔透玲瓏/剔透玲珑
  • 喝玲瑯/喝玲琅 (hoah-lin-long) (Min Nan)
  • 四面玲瓏/四面玲珑
  • 嬌小玲瓏/娇小玲珑
  • 小巧玲瓏/小巧玲珑
  • 玲玎
  • 玲玲
  • 玲琅
  • 玲瓏/玲珑 (línglóng)
  • 玲瓏剔透/玲珑剔透
  • 瓏玲/珑玲

References

Japanese

Kanji

玲

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

  1. tinkling; sound of jade
  2. exquisite
  3. clever

Readings

  • Go-on: りょう (ryō)
  • Kan-on: れい (rei)
  • Nanori: あきら (akira)

Korean

Hanja

玲 (eumhun 옥소리 령 (oksori ryeong), South Korea 옥소리 영 (oksori yeong))

  1. Hanja form? of 령/영 (“mainly used in personal names”).

Vietnamese

Han character

玲: Hán Nôm readings: lính, linh

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