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U+9234, 鈴
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9234

CJK Unified Ideographs
U+F9B1, 鈴
CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F9B1

CJK Compatibility Ideographs

Translingual

Han character

(Kangxi radical 167, +5, 13 strokes, cangjie input 金人戈戈 (COII), four-corner 88137, composition )

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1299, character 28
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40267
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1802, character 9
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4187, character 16
  • Unihan data for U+9234

Chinese

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Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character
Western Zhou Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Bronze inscriptions Small seal script

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

Etymology 1

trad.
simp.

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *mriŋ (sound; noise; animal cry); cognate with (OC *mreŋ, “to make a sound”), (OC *sreŋ), Burmese မြည် (mrany, to make a sound) (Schuessler, 2007; STEDT).

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (37)
Final () (125)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () IV
Fanqie
Baxter leng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/leŋ/
Pan
Wuyun
/leŋ/
Shao
Rongfen
/lɛŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/lɛjŋ/
Li
Rong
/leŋ/
Wang
Li
/lieŋ/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/lieŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
líng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
ling4
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 8292
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*reːŋ/

Definitions

  1. bell; chime
    Synonyms: 鈴仔 / 铃仔 (Min Nan), 䤝仔 / 𲇳仔 (Min Nan),  / 𲇳 (Min Nan)
  2. a surname: Ling

Compounds

Descendants

Sino-Xenic ():
  • Japanese: (れい) (rei); (りん) (rin)

Etymology 2

trad.
simp.

Possibly borrowed from English rim.

Pronunciation

Definitions

  1. (Cantonese) Alternative form of  / 𫐉 (wheel rim) (Classifier: c)
    • 2017 April 20, “【車主教室】車鈴越大制動越弱 雨天高危隨時水上飄”, in Apple Daily, archived from the original on 2021-06-21:
      現今車主為了自己部車美觀,條有咁大得咁大,但各位車主知唔知輪圈大一吋對部車有咩影響呢?
      Car owners nowadays try to make their cars to have a better appearance and makes the car's wheel rim as large as possible. But do you car owners know what are the effects does a larger wheel rim have on the car?

References

Japanese

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Kanji

(Jōyō kanji)

  1. bell, chime

Readings

  • Go-on: りょう (ryō)りやう (ryau, historical)
  • Kan-on: れい (rei, Jōyō)
  • Tō-on: りん (rin, Jōyō)
  • Kun: すず (suzu, , Jōyō)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
すず
Grade: S
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
(wind chime)

From Old Japanese. First cited in the Kojiki of 712, and in the Man'yōshū of 759 with the phonetic spelling 須受 (suzu).[1]

Possibly related to 涼しい (suzushii, cool, refreshing) and 涼む (suzumu, cool off).

Pronunciation

Noun

(すず) (suzu

  1. a bell, chime
    Synonym: ベル (beru)
    • 711–712, Kojiki, poem 82:
      美夜比登能(みやひとの)阿由比能古(あゆひのこ)須受(すず)淤知爾岐登(おちにきと)美夜比登登余牟(みやひととよむ)佐斗毘登母由米(さとびともゆめ) [Man'yōgana]
      宮人(みやひと)()(ゆひ)()(すず)()ちにきと宮人(みやひと)とよむ里人(さとびと)もゆめ [Modern spelling]
      miya-hito no ayui no kosuzu ochi-ni-ki to miya-hito toyomu sato-bito mo yume
      (please add an English translation of this example)
  2. (historical) Synonym of 駅鈴 (ekirei): station bells issued to 駅使 (ekishi)
  3. : a large wind chime, a hanging bell with a clapper
Derived terms

Proper noun

(すず) (Suzu

  1. a female given name
  2. a surname

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
れい
Grade: S
kan'on

From Middle Chinese (MC leng).

Pronunciation

Noun

(れい) (rei

  1. a bell, chime
  2. (Buddhism) a singing bowl
Derived terms

Proper noun

(れい) (Rei

  1. a female given name
  2. a surname

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
りん
Grade: S
tōon

From Mandarin  / (líng).

Pronunciation

Noun

(りん) (rin

  1. a bell, chime
  2. an electric bell
    Synonym: 電鈴 (denrei)
  3. (Buddhism) a singing bowl
Derived terms

Proper noun

(りん) (Rin

  1. a female given name

References

  1. ^ 鈴・鐸”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

: Hán Nôm readings: linh, lệnh

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