伶

伶 U+4F36, 伶 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4F36 ← 伵 [U+4F35] CJK Unified Ideographs 伷 → [U+4F37]

Translingual

Stroke order

Chinese (simplified) Japanese, Korean

Han character

伶 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+5, 7 strokes, cangjie input 人人戈戈 (OOII), four-corner 2823₇, composition ⿰亻令)

Derived characters

• 𠴒, 𦰐, 𬍦

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 97, character 3
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 478
• Dae Jaweon: page 205, character 10
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 137, character 2
• Unihan data for U+4F36

Chinese

trad.		伶
simp. #		伶
alternative forms		刢

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 伶
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script
Small seal script s05815
References: Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation), which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including: Shuowen Jiezi (small seal), Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions), Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone 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 人 (“man; person”) + phonetic 令 (OC *ren, *reŋ, *reŋs, *reːŋ, *reːŋs)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): líng (ling²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ling⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): làng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): léng / lêng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): lêng⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: líng
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: líng
    • Wade–Giles: ling²
    • Yale: líng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ling
    • Palladius: лин (lin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /liŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: ling⁴
    • Yale: lìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ling⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ling⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɪŋ²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: làng
    • Hakka Romanization System: lang^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: lang²
    • Sinological IPA: /laŋ¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, variant in Taiwan, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: léng
    • Tâi-lô: líng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: leang
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /liɪŋ⁴¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei, Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /liɪŋ⁵³/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /liɪŋ⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lêng
    • Tâi-lô: lîng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: leeng
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /liɪŋ²³/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /liɪŋ²⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: lêng⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lêng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /leŋ⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: leng

Rime
Character	伶
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/
Bernhard Karlgren	/lieŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	líng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ling4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*reːŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	伶
Reading #	1/1
No.	8295
Phonetic component	令
Rime group	耕
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	靈
Old Chinese	/*reːŋ/

Definitions

伶

1. (historical) court musician; performer
2. (dated) actor
3. solitary; lonely
4. clever
5. a surname

Compounds

• 不伶不俐
• 不伶俐
• 伶人 (língrén)
• 伶仃 (língdīng)
• 伶仃孤苦
• 伶仃洋 (Língdīngyáng)
• 伶仃話 / 伶仃话
• 伶伶俐俐
• 伶俐 (línglì)
• 伶俜 (língpīng)
• 伶便
• 伶俐乖覺 / 伶俐乖觉
• 伶俐人
• 伶俐嘴乖
• 伶俐聰敏 / 伶俐聪敏
• 伶倫 / 伶伦
• 伶優 / 伶优
• 伶口俐舌
• 伶官
• 伶牙俐嘴
• 伶牙俐齒 / 伶牙俐齿
• 伶盜龍 / 伶盗龙 (língdàolóng)
• 伶透
• 俜伶
• 俐齒伶牙 / 俐齿伶牙
• 優伶 / 优伶 (yōulíng)
• 劉伶病酒 / 刘伶病酒
• 口齒伶俐 / 口齿伶俐
• 名伶 (mínglíng)
• 坤伶
• 女伶
• 孤伶伶
• 孤苦伶仃 (gūkǔlíngdīng)
• 急伶俐
• 機伶 / 机伶 (jīling)
• 疾伶
• 瘦伶仃
• 百伶百俐
• 積伶 / 积伶
• 精伶
• 聰明伶俐 / 聪明伶俐 (cōngmínglínglì)
• 胡伶

Japanese

Kanji

伶

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

1. clever
2. actor
3. smart

Readings

• Go-on: りょう (ryō)
• Kan-on: れい (rei)
• Kun: わざおぎ (wazaogi)

Korean

Hanja

伶 (eum 령 (ryeong))

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Vietnamese

Han character

伶: Hán Nôm readings: rành, lanh, linh, nhanh, rảnh, ranh, rình, lánh

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References

• Nom Foundation