嶺

See also: 岭

Translingual

Han character

嶺 (Kangxi radical 46, 山+14, 17 strokes, cangjie input 山人戈金 (UOIC), four-corner 2238₆, composition ⿱山領)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 321, character 17
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 8553
• Dae Jaweon: page 621, character 22
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 802, character 26
• Unihan data for U+5DBA

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Chinese

trad.		嶺
simp.		岭*

Glyph origin

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 *reŋʔ) : semantic 山 (“mountain”) + phonetic 領 (OC *reŋʔ).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lǐng (ling³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄥˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): leng⁵ / ling⁵
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): léng / niá

  (Teochew, Peng'im): nian²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lǐng
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄥˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lǐng
    • Wade–Giles: ling³
    • Yale: lǐng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liing
    • Palladius: лин (lin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /liŋ²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: leng⁵ / ling⁵
    • Yale: léhng / líhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: leng⁵ / ling⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: léng⁵ / ling⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɛːŋ¹³/, /lɪŋ¹³/

Note:

• leng5 - vernacular;
• ling5 - literary.

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: léng / niá
    • Tâi-lô: líng / niá
    • Phofsit Daibuun: leang, niar
    • IPA (Xiamen): /liɪŋ⁵³/, /niã⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /liɪŋ⁵⁵⁴/, /niã⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /liɪŋ⁵³/, /niã⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /liɪŋ⁵³/, /niã⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /liɪŋ⁴¹/, /niã⁴¹/

Note:

• léng - literary;
• niá - vernacular.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: nian²
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: niáⁿ
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nĩã⁵²/

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• Middle Chinese: ljengX

Rime
Character	嶺
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	清 (121)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	良郢切
Baxter	ljengX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/liᴇŋX/
Pan Wuyun	/liɛŋX/
Shao Rongfen	/liæŋX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/liajŋX/
Li Rong	/liɛŋX/
Wang Li	/lĭɛŋX/
Bernard Karlgren	/li̯ɛŋX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lǐng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ling5

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*reŋʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	嶺
Reading #	1/1
No.	8279
Phonetic component	令
Rime group	耕
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	領
Old Chinese	/*reŋʔ/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 嶺

1. mountain ridge
2. mountain peak

Compounds

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Japanese

Kanji

嶺

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): れい (rei); りょう (ryō)
• Kun: みね (mine, 嶺)

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Korean

Hanja

嶺 • (ryeong) (hangeul 령, revised ryeong, McCune–Reischauer ryŏng)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 嶺 (lĩnh, lãnh)

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