霝

霝 U+971D, 霝 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-971D ← 霜 [U+971C] CJK Unified Ideographs 霞 → [U+971E]

Translingual

Han character

霝 (Kangxi radical 173, 雨+9, 17 strokes, Cangjie input 一月口口口 (MBRRR), four-corner 1066₂, composition ⿱⻗𠱠)

Derived characters

• 櫺, 䡼, 醽, 酃, 㪮, 蘦, 麢, 孁, 靈, 龗

Additional Derived Characters

• 𫲚, 𰒡, 𢹝, 𤃩, 𤣍, 𤾻, 𥌼, 𥜧, 𦉢, 𦏪, 𦫃, 𧕅, 𧲙, 𨯻, 𱇉, 𪋶, 𧾮, 𩵁
• 𠠢, 𫻝, 𤫊, 𤮮, 𤴤, 𦉣, 𩆒, 𩆕, 𩆖, 𩆚, 𩆜, 𩆞, 𬰑, 𲊎, 𩆻, 𩆼, 𩇃, 𩇄, 𩵂, 𩇎, 𪛈
• 𧢥, 𩖊, 𩵀, 𪈝, 𩰂, 𨷰, 𤖥, 𰼂, 𱆢, 𨟮

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1376, character 30
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 42364
• Dae Jaweon: page 1885, character 25
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4070, character 11
• Unihan data for U+971D

Chinese

trad.		霝
simp. #		霝

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 霝
Shang	Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

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

Pictogram (象形). Related to rain (雨) - rain with both small drops and big drops

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): líng (ling²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ling⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lêng

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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/
• 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/

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• Middle Chinese: leng

Rime
Character	霝
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	霝
Reading #	1/1
No.	8262
Phonetic component	霝
Rime group	耕
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	靈
Old Chinese	/*reːŋ/

Definitions

霝

1. alternative form of 零 (“of rain, to fall”)
2. alternative form of 靈 / 灵

Japanese

Kanji

霝

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. drops of rain
2. to fall in drops

Readings

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

Korean

Hanja

霝 (eum 령 (ryeong), word-initial (South Korea) 영 (yeong))

1. drops of rain
2. to fall, drop