怜

See also: 憐

怜	U+601C, 怜 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-601C

← 怛
[U+601B]

CJK Unified Ideographs

思 →
[U+601D]

怜	U+F9AC, 怜 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F9AC

← 嶺
[U+F9AB]

CJK Compatibility Ideographs

玲 →
[U+F9AD]

Translingual

Han character

怜 (Kangxi radical 61, 心+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 心人戈戈 (POII), four-corner 9803₇, composition ⿰忄令)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 381, character 3
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 10461
Dae Jaweon: page 709, character 5
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2287, character 4
Unihan data for U+601C

Unihan data for U+F9AC

Chinese

Glyph origin

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

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of 怜 – see 憐 (“to pity; to sympathize; to love tenderly”). (This character is the simplified form of 憐).
Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Etymology 2

trad.		怜
simp. ^#		怜
alternative forms		㦭／𭝋

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): líng (ling²)

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄥˊ

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/

Middle Chinese: leng

Rime
Character	怜
Reading #	2/2
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	怜
Reading #	2/2
No.	8318
Phonetic component	令
Rime group	耕
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	靈
Old Chinese	/*reːŋ/

Definitions

怜

only used in 怜悧

Etymology 3

trad.		怜
simp. ^#		怜

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): lǐng (ling³)

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄥˇ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: lǐng
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄥˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: lǐng
  - Wade–Giles: ling³
  - Yale: lǐng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liing
  - Palladius: лин (lin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /liŋ²¹⁴/

Definitions

怜

to know

References

Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), C03651

Japanese

Kanji

怜

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

intelligent, clever
to pity, to have compassion for, to think dearly of

Readings

Go-on: りょう (ryō)
Kan-on: れい (rei)、れん (ren)
Kun: あわれむ (awaremu, 怜れむ)、さとい (satoi, 怜い)
Nanori: さとし (satoshi)

Proper noun

怜(さとし) • (Satoshi)

a male given name

Proper noun

怜(れい) • (Rei)

a female given name

Korean

Hanja

怜 • (ryeong>yeong, ryeon>yeon) (hangeul 령>영, 련>연, revised ryeong>yeong, ryeon>yeon, McCune–Reischauer ryŏng>yŏng, ryŏn>yŏn, Yale lyeng>yeng, lyen>yen)

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