孁

孁 U+5B41, 孁 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5B41 ← 孀 [U+5B40] CJK Unified Ideographs 孂 → [U+5B42]

Translingual

Han character

孁 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+17, 20 strokes, cangjie input 一月口口女 (MBRRV), composition ⿱霝女)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 274, character 2
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6886
• Dae Jaweon: page 542, character 19
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1090, character 8
• Unihan data for U+5B41

Chinese

trad.		孁
simp. #		孁

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (霝) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
靈	*reːŋ
霛	*reːŋ
麢	*reːŋ
霝	*reːŋ
醽	*reːŋ
櫺	*reːŋ
蘦	*reːŋ
孁	*reːŋ
龗	*reːŋ
酃	*reːŋ
爧	*reːŋ
欞	*reːŋ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): líng (ling²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ling⁴

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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/

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• Middle Chinese: leng

Rime
Character	孁
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

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*reːŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	孁
Reading #	1/1
No.	8266
Phonetic component	霝
Rime group	耕
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	靈
Old Chinese	/*reːŋ/

Definitions

孁

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References

• Jyutping Database (iso10646hk.net) - Cantonese Pronunciation List (Part 1), p. 95

Japanese

Kanji

孁

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: りょう (ryō)^{←りやう (ryau, historical)}
• Kan-on: れい (rei)
• Tō-on: りん (rin)
• Kun: め (me, 孁)

Compounds

• 日孁(ひるめ) (hirume)