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Translingual

Han character

(radical 167 +5, 13 strokes, cangjie input 金人戈戈 (COII), four-corner 88137, composition)

  1. bell, chime

References

  • KangXi: page 1299, character 28
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40267
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1802, character 9
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 4187, character 16
  • Unihan data for U+9234

Chinese

trad.
simp.

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (37)
Final () (125)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () IV
Fanqie
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
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 8292
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*reːŋ/

Noun

  1. bell

References


Japanese

Kanji

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

  1. bell, chime

Readings

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
すず
Grade: S
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

(hiragana すず, romaji suzu)

  1. bell
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
れい
Grade: S
on'yomi

From Middle Chinese (/leŋ/, bell).

Pronunciation

Noun

(hiragana れい, romaji rei)

  1. bell
Derived terms

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
りん
Grade: S
kan'yōon

Later development in the reading, likely influenced by Chinese. Compare modern Mandarin reading líng.

Pronunciation

Noun

(hiragana りん, romaji rin)

  1. bell
Derived terms

References

  1. 1 2 3 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
  2. 1 2 3 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3

Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

(linh, lệnh)

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