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
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): lìn

(Hailu, HRS): lin

(Meixian, Guangdong): lin²
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): lêng / lîn / lin

(Teochew, Peng'im): lêng⁵
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶lin

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/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lìn
  - Hakka Romanization System: lin^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: lin²
  - Sinological IPA: /lin¹¹/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: lin
  - Sinological IPA: /lin⁵⁵/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: lin²
  - Sinological IPA: /lin¹¹/
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/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶lin
  - MiniDict: lin^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³lin
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /lin²³/

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/
Bernhard 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

(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 (xiǎoqiǎolínglóng)
玲玎
玲玲
玲琅
玲瓏 / 玲珑 (línglóng)
玲瓏剔透 / 玲珑剔透 (línglóngtītòu)
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)

tinkling; sound of jade
exquisite
clever

Readings

Go-on: りょう (ryō)^{←りゃう (ryau, historical)}
Kan-on: れい (rei)
Nanori: あきら (akira)、たま (tama)

Korean

Hanja

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

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

Vietnamese

Han character

玲: Hán Nôm readings: lính, linh

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