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)

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

trad.		伶
simp. ^#		伶

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 伶

Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)

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 (Liushutong characters) and
Yinxu 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

Mandarin
(Pinyin): líng (ling²)
(Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄥˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ling⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): làng
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): léng / lêng
(Teochew, Peng'im): lêng⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: líng
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄥˊ
  - Wade–Giles: ling²
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ling
  - IPA ^(key): /liŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: ling⁴
  - Yale: lìhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ling⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: ling⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /lɪŋ²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: làng
  - Hakka Romanization System: langˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: lang²
  - IPA: /laŋ¹¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, variant in Taiwan, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: léng
  - Tâi-lô: líng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: leang
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /liɪŋ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Taipei, Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /liɪŋ⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /liɪŋ⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lêng
  - Tâi-lô: lîng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: leeng
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /liɪŋ²³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /liɪŋ²⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: lêng⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lêng
  - IPA ^(key): /leŋ⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese: /leŋ/▼

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

Old Chinese▼
(Zhengzhang): /*reːŋ/

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

solitary; lonely
clever
(historical) actor

Compounds

不伶不俐
不伶俐
伶人 (língrén)
伶仃 (língdīng)
伶仃孤苦
伶仃洋 (Língdīngyáng)
伶仃話／伶仃话
伶伶俐俐
伶便
伶俐 (línglì)
伶俐乖覺／伶俐乖觉
伶俐人
伶俐嘴乖
伶俐聰敏／伶俐聪敏

伶俜 (língpīng)
伶倫／伶伦
伶優／伶优
伶口俐舌
伶官
伶牙俐嘴
伶牙俐齒／伶牙俐齿
伶盜龍／伶盗龙 (língdàolóng)
伶透
俐齒伶牙／俐齿伶牙
優伶／优伶 (yōulíng)
劉伶病酒／刘伶病酒
口齒伶俐／口齿伶俐

名伶 (mínglíng)
坤伶
女伶
孤伶伶
孤苦伶仃 (gūkǔlíngdīng)
急伶俐
疾伶
瘦伶仃
百伶百俐
積伶／积伶
精伶
聰明伶俐／聪明伶俐 (cōngmínglínglì)
胡伶

Japanese

Kanji

伶

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

clever
actor
smart

Readings

Go-on: りょう (ryō)
Kan-on: れい (rei)
Kun: わざおぎ (wazaogi)

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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