鈴

See also: 铃

鈴 U+9234, 鈴 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9234 ← 鈳 [U+9233] CJK Unified Ideographs 鈵 → [U+9235]

鈴 U+F9B1, 鈴 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F9B1 ← 聆 [U+F9B0] CJK Compatibility Ideographs 零 → [U+F9B2]

Translingual

Han character

鈴 (Kangxi radical 167, 金+5, 13 strokes, cangjie input 金人戈戈 (COII), four-corner 8813₇, composition ⿰釒令)

Derived characters

• 𫫿, 𤪊, 𮤧

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1299, character 28
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40267
• Dae Jaweon: page 1802, character 9
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4187, character 16
• Unihan data for U+9234

• Unihan data for U+F9B1

Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 鈴
Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Bronze inscriptions	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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *reːŋ): semantic 金 + phonetic 令 (OC *ren, *reŋ, *reŋs, *reːŋ, *reːŋs).

Etymology 1

trad.		鈴
simp.		铃

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *mriŋ (“sound; noise; animal cry”); cognate with 鳴 (OC *mreŋ, “to make a sound”), 笙 (OC *sreŋ), Burmese မြည် (mrany, “to make a sound”) (Schuessler, 2007; STEDT).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): líng (ling²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ling⁴ / ling¹
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): làng / liàng

  (Hailu, HRS): lang / liang

  (Meixian, Guangdong): lang² / lin²

• Eastern Min (BUC): lìng / lĭng
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): leng²
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): lêng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): lêng¹

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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 / ling¹
    • Yale: lìhng / līng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ling⁴ / ling¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ling⁴ / ling¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɪŋ²¹/, /lɪŋ⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: làng / liàng
    • Hakka Romanization System: lang^ˇ / liang^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: lang² / liang²
    • Sinological IPA: /laŋ¹¹/, /li̯aŋ¹¹/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: lang / liang
    • Sinological IPA: /laŋ⁵⁵/, /liaŋ⁵⁵/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: lang² / lin²
    • Sinological IPA: /laŋ¹¹/, /lin¹¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: lìng / lĭng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /l̃iŋ⁵³/, /l̃iŋ⁵⁵/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian, Jiangkou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: leng²
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: léng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɛŋ¹³/
  • (Nanri)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: leng²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /le̞ŋ¹³/
  • (Xianyou, Youyang, Fengting)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: leng²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɛŋ²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lêng
    • Tâi-lô: lîng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: leeng
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /liɪŋ²⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /liɪŋ²⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /liɪŋ¹³/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /liɪŋ²⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /liɪŋ²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: lêng¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: leng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /leŋ³³/

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• Middle Chinese: leng

Rime
Character	鈴
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	鈴
Reading #	1/1
No.	8292
Phonetic component	令
Rime group	耕
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	靈
Old Chinese	/*reːŋ/

Definitions

鈴

1. bell; chime

   Synonyms: 鈴仔 / 铃仔 (Min Nan), 䤝仔 / 𲇳仔 (Min Nan), 䤝 / 𲇳 (Min Nan)

2. a surname, Ling

Compounds

• 丁鈴噹啷 / 丁铃当啷
• 串鈴 / 串铃
• 啞鈴 / 哑铃 (yǎlíng)
• 塞耳偷鈴 / 塞耳偷铃 (sāi'ěrtōulíng)
• 扯鈴 / 扯铃 (chělíng)
• 按鈴申告 / 按铃申告
• 掩耳偷鈴 / 掩耳偷铃
• 掩耳盜鈴 / 掩耳盗铃 (yǎn'ěrdàolíng)
• 提鈴喝號 / 提铃喝号
• 揚鈴打鼓 / 扬铃打鼓
• 搖鈴兒的 / 摇铃儿的
• 搖鈴打鼓 / 摇铃打鼓
• 撈鈴 / 捞铃
• 梵啞鈴 / 梵哑铃 (fànyǎlíng)
• 棉鈴 / 棉铃 (miánlíng)
• 槓鈴 / 杠铃 (gànglíng)
• 法鈴 / 法铃
• 淋鈴 / 淋铃
• 牆鈴 / 墙铃
• 盜鈴掩耳 / 盗铃掩耳 (dàolíngyǎn'ěr)
• 碰鈴 / 碰铃 (pènglíng)
• 簷鈴 / 檐铃
• 繫鈴解鈴 / 系铃解铃
• 虎項金鈴 / 虎项金铃
• 解鈴繫鈴 / 解铃系铃
• 解鈴還須繫鈴人 / 解铃还须系铃人 (jiě líng hái xū xì líng rén)
• 說鈴 / 说铃
• 警鈴 / 警铃 (jǐnglíng)
• 賣杖搖鈴 / 卖杖摇铃
• 車鈴 / 车铃 (chēlíng)
• 金鈴子 / 金铃子
• 釘鈴鐺鋃 / 钉铃铛锒
• 鈴鐸 / 铃铎
• 鈴鐺 / 铃铛 (língdang)
• 鈴鐺壽星 / 铃铛寿星
• 鈴閣 / 铃阁
• 鈴鼓 / 铃鼓 (línggǔ)
• 銀鈴般 / 银铃般
• 鑾鈴 / 銮铃 (luánlíng)
• 門鈴 / 门铃 (ménlíng)
• 電鈴 / 电铃 (diànlíng)
• 音樂電鈴 / 音乐电铃
• 響鈴 / 响铃 (xiǎnglíng)
• 風鈴 / 风铃 (fēnglíng)
• 風鈴花 / 风铃花
• 馬鈴子 / 马铃子
• 馬鈴瓜 / 马铃瓜
• 馬鈴薯 / 马铃薯 (mǎlíngshǔ)
• 鬧鈴 / 闹铃 (nàolíng)
• 鸞鈴 / 鸾铃 (luánlíng)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (鈴):

• → Japanese: 鈴(れい) (rei); 鈴(りん) (rin)

Etymology 2

trad.		鈴
simp.		铃

Possibly borrowed from English rim.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ling¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: ling¹
    • Yale: līng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ling¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ling¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɪŋ⁵⁵/

Definitions

鈴

1. (Cantonese) alternative form of 軨 / 𫐉 (“wheel rim”) (Classifier: 條／条 c)
   • 2017 April 20, “【車主教室】車鈴越大制動越弱　雨天高危隨時水上飄”, in Apple Daily‎^[2], archived from the original on 21 June 2021:

     現今車主為了自己部車美觀，條鈴有咁大得咁大，但各位車主知唔知輪圈大一吋對部車有咩影響呢？

     Car owners nowadays try to make their cars to have a better appearance and makes the car's wheel rim as large as possible. But do you car owners know what are the effects does a larger wheel rim have on the car?

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A04287
• “鈴”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[3], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
• “鈴”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.
• 李如龙 [Li, Ru-long]; 刘福铸 [Liu, Fu-zhu]; 吴华英 [Wu, Hua-ying]; 黄国城 [Huang, Guo-cheng] (2019), “铃”, in 莆仙方言调查报告 [Investigation Report on Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 275.

Japanese

Kanji

鈴

(Jōyō kanji)

1. bell, chime

Readings

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

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
鈴
すず Grade: S
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
鐸 (wind chime)

From Old Japanese. First cited in the Kojiki of 712, and in the Man'yōshū of 759 with the phonetic spelling 須受 (suzu).

Possibly related to 涼しい (suzushii, “cool, refreshing”) and 涼む (suzumu, “cool off”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) すず [sùzú] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [sɨzɨ]

Noun

鈴(すず) • (suzu) 

1. [from 712] a bell, chime

   Synonym: ベル (beru)

   • 711–712, Kojiki, poem 82:

     美夜比登能(みやひとの)阿由比能古(あゆひのこ)須受(すず)淤知爾岐登(おちにきと)美夜比登登余牟(みやひととよむ)佐斗毘登母由米(さとびともゆめ) [Man'yōgana]

     宮人(みやひと)の足(あ)結(ゆひ)の小(こ)鈴(すず)落(お)ちにきと宮人(みやひと)とよむ里人(さとびと)もゆめ [Modern spelling]

     miya-hito no ayui no kosuzu ochi-ni-ki to miya-hito toyomu sato-bito mo yume

     (please add an English translation of this example)

2. [from 759] (historical) synonym of 駅鈴 (ekirei): station bells issued to 駅使 (ekishi)
3. [from 720] 鐸: a large wind chime, a hanging bell with a clapper

Derived terms

• 鈴(すず)鹿(か) (Suzuka)
• 鈴蛙(すずがえる) (suzugaeru)
• 鈴懸(すずかけ) (suzukake)
• 鈴(すず)が音(ね)の (suzu ga ne no, pillow word)
• 鈴鴨(すずがも) (suzugamo)
• 鈴(すず)ヶ森(もり) (Suzugamori)
• 鈴(すず)木(き) (Suzuki)
• 鈴(すず)釧(くしろ) (suzukushiro)
• 鈴口(すずぐち) (suzuguchi)
• 鈴香薷(すずこうじゅ) (suzu kōju)
• 鈴(すず)柴胡(さいこ) (suzusaiko)
• 鈴(すず)太鼓(だいこ) (suzu-daiko)
• 鈴付(すずつ)け (suzutsuke)
• 菘(すずな), 鈴(すず)菜(な) (suzuna, “turnip”)
• 鈴(すず)生(な)り (suzunari)
• 鈴(すず)の奏(そう) (suzu no sō)
• 鈴(すず)の綱(つな) (suzu no tsuna)
• 鈴(すずの)屋(や) (suzunoya)
• 鈴蜂(スズバチ) (suzubachi)
• 鈴鱧(スズハモ) (suzuhamo)
• 鈴(すず)眼(まなこ) (suzumanako)
• 鈴虫(スズムシ) (suzumushi)
• 鈴蘭(スズラン) (suzuran)
• 鈴(すず)を転(ころ)がすよう (suzu o korogasu yō)
• 鈴(すず)を張(は)ったよう (suzu o hatta yō)
• 五十(い)鈴(すず) (Isuzu)
• 馬(うま)の鈴草(すずくさ) (uma no suzukusa)
• 駅路(えきろ)の鈴(すず) (ekiro no suzu)
• 男(おとこ)の目(め)には糸(いと)を引(ひ)け，女(おんな)の目(め)には鈴(すず)を張(は)れ (otoko no me ni wa ito o hike, onna no me ni wa suzu o hare)
• 神楽(かぐら)鈴(すず) (kagura suzu): three-tier set of bells on a rod used in kagura dances
• 竿(さお)の先(さき)に鈴(すず) (sao no saki ni suzu)
• 拆鈴(さくすず) (sakusuzu, pillow word)
• 猫(ねこ)の首(くび)に鈴(すず)を付(つ)ける (neko no kubi ni suzu o tsukeru)
• 耳(みみ)を掩(おお)いて鈴(すず)を盗(ぬす)む (mimi o ōite suzu o nusumu)

Proper noun

鈴(すず) • (Suzu) 

1. a female given name
2. a surname

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
鈴
れい Grade: S
kan'on

From Middle Chinese 鈴 (MC leng).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) れー [réꜜè] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ɾe̞ː]

Noun

鈴(れい) • (rei) 

1. a bell, chime
2. (Buddhism) a singing bowl

Derived terms

• 鈴鏡(れいきょう) (reikyō)
• 鈴杵(れいしょ) (reisho)
• 鈴慕(れいぼ) (reibo)
• 唖鈴(あれい), 亜鈴(あれい) (arei, “dumbbell”)
• 駅鈴(えきれい) (ekirei)
• 環鈴(かんれい) (kanrei)
• 金鈴(きんれい) (kinrei)
• 銀鈴(ぎんれい) (ginrei)
• 五鈷鈴(ごこれい) (gokorei)
• 金剛鈴(こんごうれい) (kongōrei)
• 三鈷鈴(さんこれい) (sankorei)
• 振鈴(しんれい) (shinrei)
• 鐸鈴(たくれい) (takurei)
• 電鈴(でんれい) (denrei)
• 独鈷鈴(とっこれい) (tokkorei)
• 土鈴(どれい) (dorei)
• 馬兜鈴(ばとうれい) (batōrei)
• 馬鈴(ばれい) (barei)
• 本鈴(ほんれい) (honrei)
• 予鈴(よれい) (yorei)

Proper noun

鈴(れい) • (Rei) 

1. a female given name
2. a surname

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
鈴
りん Grade: S
tōon

From Mandarin 鈴 / 铃 (líng).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) りん [ríꜜǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ɾʲĩɴ]

Noun

鈴(りん) • (rin) 

1. a bell, chime
2. an electric bell

   Synonym: 電鈴 (denrei)

3. (Buddhism) a singing bowl

Derived terms

• 火鈴(こりん) (korin, “fire bell”)
• 風鈴(ふうりん) (fūrin, “wind bell or chime”)
• 呼(よ)び鈴(りん) (yobirin)

Proper noun

鈴(りん) • (Rin) 

1. a female given name

References

• “鈴”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[4] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025

Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

鈴: Hán Nôm readings: linh, lệnh

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