苓

苓 U+82D3, 苓 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-82D3 ← 苒 [U+82D2] CJK Unified Ideographs 苔 → [U+82D4]

Translingual

Han character

苓 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+5, 11 strokes, Cangjie input 廿人戈戈 (TOII), four-corner 4430₇, composition ⿱艹令)

Derived characters

• 𠸖, 𡟀, 𱧔, 𣉏, 𣕵, 𤋶, 𤧍, 𰶫, 𨩖, 𡅐

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1022, character 24
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30777
• Dae Jaweon: page 1481, character 15
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3194, character 7
• Unihan data for U+82D3

Chinese

trad.		苓
simp. #		苓

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 苓
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal 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

Etymology 1

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	苓
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	苓
Reading #	1/1
No.	8293
Phonetic component	令
Rime group	耕
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	靈
Old Chinese	/*reːŋ/

Definitions

苓

1. used in 苓耳
2. short for 伏苓 or 茯苓
3. alternative form of 零 (“to fall”)

Compounds

• 土茯苓 (tǔfúlíng)
• 榛苓
• 芳苓
• 苓耳
• 苓落 (língluò)
• 苓蘢 / 苓茏
• 苓通
• 苓雅 (Língyǎ)
• 茯苓 (fúlíng)
• 茯苓糕
• 茯苓菜
• 茯苓霜
• 豨苓 (xīlíng)
• 豬苓 / 猪苓 (zhūlíng)
• 采苓
• 龜苓膏 / 龟苓膏 (guīlínggāo)

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 苓 – see 蓮 (“lotus”). (This character is a variant form of 蓮).

Japanese

Kanji

苓

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. herb, plant
2. mushroom

Readings

• Go-on: りょう (ryō)^{←りやう (ryau, historical)}
• Kan-on: れい (rei)
• Kun: みみなぐさ (miminagusa, 苓)

Compounds

• 猪(チョ)苓(レイ) (chorei)
• 土(ど)茯(ぶく)苓(りょう) (dobukuryō)
• 茯(ブク)苓(リョウ) (bukuryō)

References

• “^▲苓”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

苓: Hán Nôm readings: linh, lành, lềnh

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