From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search
U+4F36, 伶
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4F36

[U+4F35]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+4F37]

Translingual

[edit]
Stroke order
Chinese (simplified)

Japanese, Korean

Han character

[edit]

(Kangxi radical 9, +5, 7 strokes, cangjie input 人人戈戈 (OOII), four-corner 28237, composition )

Derived characters

[edit]

References

[edit]
  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 97, character 3
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 478
  • Dae Jaweon: page 205, character 10
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 137, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+4F36

Chinese

[edit]
trad.
simp. #
alternative forms
Wikipedia has an article on:

Glyph origin

[edit]
Historical forms of the character
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

References:

Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including:

  • Shuowen Jiezi (small seal),
  • Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions),
  • Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and
  • Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声, OC *reːŋ) : semantic (man; person) + phonetic (OC *ren, *reŋ, *reŋs, *reːŋ, *reːŋs)

Pronunciation

[edit]


Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (37)
Final () (125)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () IV
Fanqie
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
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 8295
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*reːŋ/

Definitions

[edit]

  1. (historical) court musician; performer
  2. (dated) actor
  3. solitary; lonely
  4. clever
  5. a surname

Compounds

[edit]

Japanese

[edit]

Kanji

[edit]

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

  1. clever
  2. actor
  3. smart

Readings

[edit]
  • Go-on: りょう (ryō)
  • Kan-on: れい (rei)
  • Kun: わざおぎ (wazaogi)

Korean

[edit]

Hanja

[edit]

(eum (ryeong))

  1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Vietnamese

[edit]

Han character

[edit]

: Hán Nôm readings: rành, lanh, linh, nhanh, rảnh, ranh, rình, lánh

  1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

References

[edit]