怜

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See also: 憐
怜 U+601C, 怜
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-601C
← 怛
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 思 →
怜 U+F9AC, 怜
CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F9AC
← 嶺
 		CJK Compatibility Ideographs 玲 →

Translingual

Han character

怜 (Kangxi radical 61, 心+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 心人戈戈 (POII), four-corner 98037, composition ⿰忄令)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 381, character 3
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 10461
  • Dae Jaweon: page 709, character 5
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2287, character 4
  • Unihan data for U+601C

Chinese

Glyph origin

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

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of 怜 – see 憐 (“to pity; to sympathize; to love tenderly”).
(This character is the simplified form of 憐).
Notes:

Etymology 2

trad. 怜
simp. # 怜
alternative forms 㦭／𭝋

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 怜
Reading # 2/2
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 怜
Reading # 2/2
No. 8318
Phonetic
component 		令
Rime
group 		耕
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		靈
Old
Chinese 		/*reːŋ/

Definitions

怜

  1. Only used in 怜悧.

Etymology 3

trad. 怜
simp. # 怜

Pronunciation

Definitions

怜

  1. to know

References

Japanese

Kanji

怜

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

Readings

Proper noun

怜(さとし) • (Satoshi) 

  1. a male given name

怜(れい) • (Rei) 

  1. a female given name

Korean

Hanja

怜 • (ryeong>yeong, ryeon>yeon) (hangeul 령>영, 련>연, revised ryeong>yeong, ryeon>yeon, McCune–Reischauer ryŏng>yŏng, ryŏn>yŏn, Yale lyeng>yeng, lyen>yen)

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