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伶

伶

伶 U+4F36, 伶
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4F36
← 伵
[U+4F35] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 伷 →
[U+4F37]

Translingual

Han character

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

  1. lonely, solitary
  2. actor; actress; performer

References

  • KangXi: page 97, character 3
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 478
  • Dae Jaweon: page 205, character 10
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 137, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+4F36

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 伶

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 伶
Small seal script
Small seal script

s05815
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 (large seal) and
  • Xu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone 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

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 伶
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
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 伶
Reading # 1/1
No. 8295
Phonetic
component		 令
Rime
group		 耕
Rime
subdivision		 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 靈
Old
Chinese		 /*reːŋ/

Definitions

伶

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Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

伶

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

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Readings

Korean

Hanja

伶 • ‎(ryeong) (hangeul 령, revised ryeong, McCune-Reischauer ryŏng)

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Vietnamese

Han character

伶 (rành, lanh, linh, nhanh, rảnh, ranh, rình, lánh)

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References

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