酃

Translingual

Han character

酃 (Kangxi radical 163, 邑+17, 20 strokes, cangjie input 一口弓中 (MRNL) or 難一口弓中 (XMRNL), four-corner 1762₇, composition ⿰霝阝)

1. the spirit of a being, which acts upon others spirit
2. divine
3. efficacious

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1279, character 28
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 39742
• Dae Jaweon: page 1778, character 23
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3804, character 9
• Unihan data for U+9143

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Chinese

trad.		酃
simp. #		酃

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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *reːŋ) : phonetic 霝 (OC *reːŋ) + semantic 邑.

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	酃
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	酃
Reading #	1/1
No.	8268
Phonetic component	霝
Rime group	耕
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	靈
Old Chinese	/*reːŋ/

Definitions

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Japanese

Kanji

酃

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. spirit
2. divine
3. efficacious

Readings

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