玲

玲 U+73B2, 玲 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-73B2 ← 玱 [U+73B1] CJK Unified Ideographs 玳 → [U+73B3]

玲 U+F9AD, 玲 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F9AD ← 怜 [U+F9AC] CJK Compatibility Ideographs 瑩 → [U+F9AE]

Translingual

Han character

玲 (Kangxi radical 96, 玉+5, 9 strokes, cangjie input 一土人戈戈 (MGOII), four-corner 1813₇ or 1813₂, composition ⿰𤣩令)

Derived characters

• 𦴿 𫺡 𧟺 𮦜

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 728, character 23
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20888
• Dae Jaweon: page 1140, character 20
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1108, character 1
• Unihan data for U+73B2

• Unihan data for U+F9AD

Chinese

trad.		玲
simp. #		玲

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 玲
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
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 玉 (“jade”) + phonetic 令 (OC *ren, *reŋ, *reŋs, *reːŋ, *reːŋs).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): líng (ling²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ling⁴
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): lêng / lîn / lin

  (Teochew, Peng'im): lêng⁵

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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: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lêng
    • Tâi-lô: lîng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: leeng
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /liɪŋ²³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei): /liɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /liɪŋ¹³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lîn
    • Tâi-lô: lîn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: liin
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Xiamen): /lin²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lin¹³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lin
    • Tâi-lô: lin
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lyn
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /lin⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: lêng⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lêng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /leŋ⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: leng

Rime
Character	玲
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	玲
Reading #	1/1
No.	8300
Phonetic component	令
Rime group	耕
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	靈
Old Chinese	/*reːŋ/

Definitions

玲

1. (onomatopoeia) jade-hitting sound

Compounds

• 八面玲瓏／八面玲珑 (bāmiànlínglóng)
• 剔透玲瓏／剔透玲珑
• 喝玲瑯／喝玲琅 (hoah-lin-long) (Min Nan)
• 四面玲瓏／四面玲珑
• 嬌小玲瓏／娇小玲珑
• 小巧玲瓏／小巧玲珑
• 玲玎
• 玲玲
• 玲琅
• 玲瓏／玲珑 (línglóng)
• 玲瓏剔透／玲珑剔透
• 瓏玲／珑玲

 

References

• “玲”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
• zi.tools

Japanese

Kanji

玲

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

1. tinkling; sound of jade
2. exquisite
3. clever

Readings

• Go-on: りょう (ryō)
• Kan-on: れい (rei)
• Nanori: あきら (akira)

Korean

Hanja

玲 (eumhun 옥소리 령 (oksori ryeong), word-initial (South Korea) 옥소리 영 (oksori yeong))

1. hanja form^? of 령/영 (“mainly used in personal names”)

Vietnamese

Han character

玲: Hán Nôm readings: lính, linh

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