伶

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伶 U+4F36, 伶
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4F36
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 		CJK Unified Ideographs 伷 →

Translingual

Stroke order
Chinese (simplified)

Japanese, Korean

Han character

伶 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+5, 7 strokes, cangjie input 人人戈戈 (OOII), four-corner 28237, composition ⿰亻令)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 97, character 3
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 478
  • Dae Jaweon: page 205, character 10
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 137, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+4F36

Chinese

trad. 伶
simp. # 伶
alternative forms 刢
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Glyph origin

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

s05815

References:

Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including:

  • Shuowen Jiezi (small seal),
  • Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions),
  • Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and
  • Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).
Characters in the same phonetic series (令) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
令 *ren, *reŋ, *reŋs, *reːŋ, *reːŋs
怜 *riːn, *reːŋ
零 *riːŋ, *reːŋ, *reːŋs
魿 *ɡriŋ, *reːŋ
命 *mreŋs
冷 *raːŋʔ, *reːŋ, *reːŋʔ
跉 *reŋ, *reːŋ
嶺 *reŋʔ
領 *reŋʔ
阾 *reŋʔ, *reːŋ
柃 *reŋʔ, *reːŋ
袊 *reŋʔ
詅 *reŋs, *reːŋ
旍 *ʔsleŋ
舲 *reːŋ
齡 *reːŋ
囹 *reːŋ
鴒 *reːŋ
蛉 *reːŋ
鈴 *reːŋ
苓 *reːŋ
伶 *reːŋ
泠 *reːŋ
瓴 *reːŋ
拎 *reːŋ
刢 *reːŋ
玲 *reːŋ
聆 *reːŋ
竛 *reːŋ
軨 *reːŋ
笭 *reːŋ, *reːŋʔ
翎 *reːŋ
閝 *reːŋ
鹷 *reːŋ
昤 *reːŋ
駖 *reːŋ
彾 *reːŋ
呤 *reːŋ
狑 *reːŋ
秢 *reːŋ
岭 *reːŋ
紷 *reːŋ
砱 *reːŋ
羚 *reːŋ
姈 *reːŋ
蕶 *reːŋ
澪 *reːŋ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *reːŋ) : semantic 人 (“man; person”) + phonetic 令 (OC *ren, *reŋ, *reŋs, *reːŋ, *reːŋs)

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 伶
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 伶
Reading # 1/1
No. 8295
Phonetic
component 		令
Rime
group 		耕
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		靈
Old
Chinese 		/*reːŋ/

Definitions

伶

  1. (historical) court musician; performer
  2. (dated) actor
  3. solitary; lonely
  4. clever
  5. a surname

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

伶

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

  1. clever
  2. actor
  3. smart

Readings

Korean

Hanja

伶 (eum 령 (ryeong))

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Vietnamese

Han character

伶: Hán Nôm readings: rành, lanh, linh, nhanh, rảnh, ranh, rình, lánh

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References

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