霝

霝

霝 U+971D, 霝 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-971D ← 霜 [U+971C] CJK Unified Ideographs 霞 → [U+971E]

Translingual

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 霝
Shang	Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Characters in the same phonetic series (霝) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
靈	*reːŋ
霛	*reːŋ
麢	*reːŋ
霝	*reːŋ
醽	*reːŋ
櫺	*reːŋ
蘦	*reːŋ
孁	*reːŋ
龗	*reːŋ
酃	*reːŋ
爧	*reːŋ
欞	*reːŋ

Pictogram (象形) . Related to rain (雨) - rain with both small drops and big drops

Han character

霝 (radical 173, 雨+9, 17 strokes, cangjie input 一月口口口 (MBRRR), four-corner 1066₂, composition ⿱⻗𠱠)

References

• KangXi: page 1376, character 30
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 42364
• Dae Jaweon: page 1885, character 25
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 4070, character 11
• Unihan data for U+971D

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		霝

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): líng (ling²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ling⁴
• Min Nan (POJ): lêng

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• 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/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lêng
    • Tâi-lô: lîng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: leeng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /liɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /liɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /liɪŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /liɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /liɪŋ²³/

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• Middle Chinese: /leŋ/▼

Rime
Character	霝
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	霝
Reading #	1/1
No.	8262
Phonetic component	霝
Rime group	耕
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	靈
Old Chinese	/*reːŋ/

Definitions

霝

1. Alternative form of 零 (“of rain, to fall”).
2. Alternative form of 靈／灵.

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Japanese

Kanji

霝

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. drops of rain
2. to fall in drops

Readings

• Go-on: りょう (ryō)^{←りやう (ryau, historical)}
• Kan-on: れい (rei)
• Tō-on: りん (rin)

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Korean

Hanja

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

1. drops of rain
2. to fall, drop