領

See also: 领

Translingual

Han character

領 (radical 181 頁+5, 14 strokes, cangjie input 人戈一月金 (OIMBC), four-corner 8138₆, composition ⿰令頁)

References

• KangXi: page 1402, character 23
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 43423
• Dae Jaweon: page 1919, character 9
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 7, page 4365, character 5
• Unihan data for U+9818

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Chinese

trad.		領
simp.		领

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lǐng (ling³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄥˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ling⁵, leng⁵
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): liâng
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): léng / niá

  (Teochew, Peng'im): nian²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: lǐng
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄥˇ
    • Wade-Giles: ling³
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liing
    • IPA ^(key): /liŋ²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ling⁵, leng⁵
    • Yale: líhng, léhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ling⁵, leng⁵
    • IPA ^(key): /lɪŋ¹³/, /lɛːŋ¹³/
    • Note: ling5 - literary; leng5 - vernacular.
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: liâng
    • Hakka Romanization System: liang´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: liang¹
    • IPA: /li̯aŋ²⁴/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: léng / niá
    • Tâi-lô: líng / niá
    • Phofsit Daibuun: leang, niar
    • IPA (Taipei): /liɪŋ⁵³/, /nia⁵³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /liɪŋ⁵³/, /nia⁵³/
    • Note: léng - literary; niá - vernacular.
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: nian²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: niáⁿ
    • IPA ^(key): /nĩã⁵²/

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• Middle Chinese: /liᴇŋ^X/▼

Rime
Character	領
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
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

• Old Chinese▼

  (Baxter-Sagart): /*[r]eŋʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*reŋʔ/

Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	領
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	lǐng
Middle Chinese	‹ ljengX ›
Old Chinese	/*[r]eŋʔ/
English	neck
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	領
Reading #	1/1
No.	8280
Phonetic component	令
Rime group	耕
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	領
Old Chinese	/*reŋʔ/

Definitions

領

1. neck
2. collar
3. main point
   • 要領 / 要领  ―  yàolǐng  ―  gist
4. to lead, to guide
   • 領導 / 领导  ―  lǐngdǎo  ―  to guide
5. to get; to receive
   • 領獎 / 领奖  ―  lǐngjiǎng  ―  to get a prize
6. to understand
   • 領會 / 领会  ―  lǐnghuì  ―  to grasp
7. Classifier for items such as clothes, mats and screens.
   • 一領衫 / 一领衫 [Min Nan]  ―  chi̍t niá saⁿ [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  a shirt
8. A surname​.

Compounds

• 帶領／带领 (dàilǐng)
• 綱領／纲领 (gānglǐng)
• 領主／领主
• 領事／领事 (lǐngshì)
• 領事館／领事馆 (lǐngshìguǎn)
• 領取／领取 (lǐngqǔ)
• 領受／领受
• 領口／领口
• 領命／领命 (lǐngmìng)
• 領土／领土 (lǐngtǔ)

• 領域／领域 (lǐngyù)
• 領奏／领奏 (lǐngzòu)
• 領奬／领奬
• 領子／领子 (lǐngzi)
• 領導／领导 (lǐngdǎo)
• 領帶／领带 (lǐngdài)
• 領扣／领扣
• 領會／领会 (lǐnghuì)
• 領款／领款

• 領水／领水
• 領海／领海 (lǐnghǎi)
• 領空／领空 (lǐngkōng)
• 領章／领章
• 領航／领航
• 領跑／领跑
• 領頭／领头 (lǐngtóu)
• 領養／领养 (lǐngyǎng)
• 領館／领馆 (lǐngguǎn)

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Japanese

Kanji

領

(grade 5 “Kyōiku” kanji)

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Readings

• Goon: りょう (ryō)
• Kan’on: れい (rei)
• Kun: うなじ (unaji), えり (eri), おさめる (osameru)

Compounds

• 領承 (りょうしょう, ryōshō)
• 大統領 (だいとうりょう, daitōryō)

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Korean

Hanja

領 • ‎(ryeong, yeong) (hangeul 령, 영, revised ryeong, yeong, McCune-Reischauer ryŏng, yŏng, Yale lyeng, yeng)

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Vietnamese

Han character

領 (lĩnh, lãnh, lảnh, lỉnh, lểnh, lễnh, lính)

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