羚

羚

羚 U+7F9A, 羚 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7F9A ← 羙 [U+7F99] CJK Unified Ideographs 羛 → [U+7F9B]

羚 U+F9AF, 羚 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F9AF ← 瑩 [U+F9AE] CJK Compatibility Ideographs 聆 → [U+F9B0]

Translingual

Han character

羚 (Kangxi radical 123, 羊+5, 11 strokes, cangjie input 廿手人戈戈 (TQOII), four-corner 8853₇, composition ⿰羊令)

1. species of antelope

References

• KangXi: page 951, character 39
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 28463
• Dae Jaweon: page 1395, character 20
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3130, character 4
• Unihan data for U+7F9A
• Unihan data for U+F9AF

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Chinese

trad.		羚
simp. #		羚

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): líng (ling²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ling⁴

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• 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)⁺
    • Jyutping: ling⁴
    • Yale: lìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ling⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ling⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɪŋ²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: /leŋ/

Rime
Character	羚
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
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ling4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*reːŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	羚
Reading #	1/1
No.	8325
Phonetic component	令
Rime group	耕
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	靈
Old Chinese	/*reːŋ/

Definitions

羚

1. antelope
2. ^‡ lamb; young sheep

Compounds

侏羚 (zhūlíng) 叉角羚 (chājiǎolíng) 大羚羊 山羚 (shānlíng) 水羚 (shuǐlíng) 沙羚 (shālíng)

瞪羚 (dènglíng) 羚牛 (língniú) 羚羊 (língyáng) 藏羚羊 (zànglíngyáng) 赤羚 (chìlíng)

跳羚 (tiàolíng) 高角羚 (gāojiǎolíng) 劍羚／剑羚 (jiànlíng) 羚羊掛角／羚羊挂角 驢羚／驴羚 (lǘlíng)

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Japanese

Kanji

羚

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

1. antelope
2. serow

Readings

• Go-on: りょう (ryō)
• Kan-on: れい (rei)

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Korean

Hanja

羚 • (ryeong>yeong) (hangeul 령>영, revised ryeong>yeong, McCune–Reischauer ryŏng>yŏng, Yale lyeng>yeng)

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Vietnamese

Han character

羚: Hán Việt readings: linh[1]

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Compounds

• 羚羊 (linh dương, “antelope”)

 

References

1. Trần (2004).