蛉

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蛉 U+86C9, 蛉
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-86C9
← 蛈
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 蛊 →

Translingual

Han character

蛉 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+5, 11 strokes, cangjie input 中戈人戈戈 (LIOII), four-corner 58137, composition ⿰虫令)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1080, character 25
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32969
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1549, character 3
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2844, character 9
  • Unihan data for U+86C9

Chinese

trad. 蛉
simp. # 蛉

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 蛉
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
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

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 蛉
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 蛉
Reading # 1/1
No. 8291
Phonetic
component 		令
Rime
group 		耕
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		靈
Old
Chinese 		/*reːŋ/

Definitions

蛉

  1. Used in 螟蛉 (mínglíng) and 蜻蛉 (qīnglíng), etc.
  2. † Clipping of 螟蛉 (mínglíng).

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

蛉

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. dragonfly

Readings

Compounds

Compounds

Korean

Hanja

蛉 • (ryeong>yeong) (hangeul 령>영, revised ryeong>yeong, McCune–Reischauer ryŏng>yŏng, Yale lyeng>yeng)

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