# 聆

| 聆 | U+8046, &#32838; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8046 |
| ← 聅 [U+8045] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 聇 → [U+8047] |
| 聆 | U+F9B0, &#63920; CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F9B0 |
| ← 羚 [U+F9AF] | CJK Compatibility Ideographs | 鈴 → [U+F9B1] |

## Translingual
### Han character

聆 (Kangxi radical 128, 耳+5, 11 strokes, cangjie input 尸十人戈戈 (SJOII), four-corner 1813$_7$, composition ⿰耳令)

#### Derived characters

* 䉁, 𠻠

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 966, character 24
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29044
* Dae Jaweon: page 1415, character 1
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2787, character 3
* Unihan data for U+8046
* Unihan data for U+F9B0

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

* Historical forms of the character 聆
* Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
* Small seal script
| | 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 (ling$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄥˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): ling$^4$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lêng
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: líng
*** Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄥˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: líng
*** Wade–Giles: ling$^2$
*** Yale: líng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ling
*** Palladius: лин (lin)
*** Sinological IPA : /liŋ³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: ling$^4$
*** Yale: lìhng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: ling$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ling$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /lɪŋ²¹/
* Southern Min
** (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/
* Middle Chinese: leng
Rime :
| Character | 聆 |
| 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 |
| Baxter | leng |
| 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 | ling$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*reːŋ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 聆 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 8301 |
| Phonetic component | 令 |
| Rime group | 耕 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 靈 |
| Old Chinese | /*reːŋ/ |

### Definitions

聆
* (literary) to listen carefully
* (literary) to fully understand

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 聞, 聽, 聆 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 聽 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 聽 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 聽 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 聽 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 聽 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 聽 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 聽 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 聽 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 聽 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 聽 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 聽 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 聽 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 聽 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 聽 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 聽 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 聽 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 聽 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 聽 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 聽 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 聽 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 聽 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 聽 |
| Cantonese | Beihai | 聽 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 聽 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) | 聽 |
| Cantonese | Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) | 聽 |
| Cantonese | Danzhou | 聽 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 聽 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 聽 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 聽 |
| Cantonese | Móng Cái | 聽 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 聽 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 聽 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 聽 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 聽 |
| Hakka | Xingning | 聽 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) | 聽 |
| Hakka | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 聽 |
| Hakka | Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) | 知 |
| Hakka | Changting | 知 |
| Hakka | Wuping | 聽 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Pingyu) | 聽 |
| Hakka | Liancheng | 聽 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 聽 |
| Hakka | Ruijin | 聽 |
| Hakka | Shicheng | 知 |
| Hakka | Shangyou (Shexi) | 聽 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 聽 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 聽 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 聽 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 聽 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 聽 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 聽 |
| Hakka | Kuching (Hepo) | 聽 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 聽 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 聽 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 聽聆 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou (Dikou) | 聽聆 |
| Northern Min | Zhenghe (Zhenqian) | 聽 |
| Northern Min | Pucheng (Shibei) | 聽聆 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 聽 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 聽 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen (Tong'an) | 聽 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 聽 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 聽 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 聽 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 聽 GT |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 聽 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 聽 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 聽 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 聽 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 聽 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 聽 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 聽 |
| Southern Min | Pontianak (Teochew) | 聽 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 聽 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 聽 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 聽 |
| Southern Min | Qionghai | 聽 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hainanese) | 聽 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 聽 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 聽 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 聽 |
| Wu | Wuxi | 聽 |
| Wu | Danyang | 聽 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 聽 |
| Wu | Lishui | 聽 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 聽 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 聽 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 聽 |
| Xiangnan Tuhua | Jiangyong | 聞 |
| Note | GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified) | GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified) |

### Compounds

* 聆樂／聆乐
* 聆聆
* 聆聽／聆听 (língtīng)
* 聆訊／聆讯 (língxùn)
* 聆賞／聆赏 (língshǎng)

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* listening
* realizing

#### Readings

* Go-on: りょう (ryō)
* Kan-on: れい (rei)
* Kun: きく (kiku, 聆く)

## Korean
### Hanja

聆 • (ryeong>yeong) (hangeul 령>영, revised ryeong>yeong, McCune–Reischauer ryŏng>yŏng, Yale leyng>eyng)
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