霝

Translingual

Etymology

Related to rain (雨) - rain with both small drops and big drops

Han character

霝 (radical 173 雨+9, 17 strokes, cangjie input 一月口口口 (MBRRR), four-corner 1066₂, composition ⿱⻗⿲口口口)

1. drops of rain
2. to fall in drops

References

• KangXi: page 1376, character 30
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 42364
• Dae Jaweon: page 1885, character 25
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 4070, character 11
• Unihan data for U+971D

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Chinese

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simp. and trad.		霝

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): líng (ling²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ling⁴
• Min Nan (POJ): lîng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: líng
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄥˊ
    • Wade-Giles: ling²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ling
    • IPA ^(key): /liŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ling⁴
    • Yale: lìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ling⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /lɪŋ²¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lîng
    • Tâi-lô: lîng
    • IPA (Taipei): /liŋ²³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /liŋ¹³/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (霝, reconstructed)
Character (霝), Pronunciation 1/1
Initial: 來 (37) Final: 青 Division: IV			Openness: Open Tone: Level (Ø)			Fanqie: 郎丁切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/leŋ/	/lieŋ/	/leŋ/	/leŋ/	/lɛjŋ/	/lieŋ/	/lɛŋ/

Old Chinese pronunciation (霝, reconstructed)
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
霝					8262					霝					耕					0					靈					/*reːŋ/

References

• (Min Nan) VoiceDic (汉语方言发音字典)

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Japanese

Kanji

霝

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. drops of rain
2. to fall in drops

Readings

• On: れい (rei), りょう (ryō)

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Korean

Hanja

霝 (ryeong, yeong) (hangeul 령, 영, revised ryeong, yeong, McCune-Reischauer ryŏng, yŏng, Yale lyeng, yeng)

1. drops of rain
2. to fall, drop