玲

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玲 U+73B2, 玲
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-73B2
← 玱
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 玳 →
玲 U+F9AD, 玲
CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F9AD
← 怜
 		CJK Compatibility Ideographs 瑩 →

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

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 728, character 23
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20888
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1140, character 20
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1108, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+73B2

Chinese

trad. 玲
simp. # 玲

Glyph origin

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

References

Japanese

Kanji

玲

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

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

Readings

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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