# 苓

| 苓 | U+82D3, &#33491; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-82D3 |
| ← 苒 [U+82D2] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 苔 → [U+82D4] |

## Translingual
### Han character

苓 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+5, 11 strokes, cangjie input 廿人戈戈 (TOII), four-corner 4430$_7$, composition ⿱艹令)

#### Derived characters

* 𠸖, 𡟀, 𱧔, 𣉏, 𣕵, 𤋶, 𤧍, 𰶫, 𨩖, 𡅐

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1022, character 24
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30777
* Dae Jaweon: page 1481, character 15
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3194, character 7
* Unihan data for U+82D3

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

* Historical forms of the character 苓
* 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$^4$
* 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/
* Middle Chinese: leng
Rime :
| Character | 苓 |
| 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 | 苓 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 8293 |
| Phonetic component | 令 |
| Rime group | 耕 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 靈 |
| Old Chinese | /*reːŋ/ |

### Definitions

苓
* Used in 苓耳.
* Short for 伏苓 or 茯苓.
* Alternative form of 零 (“to fall”)

### Compounds

* 芳苓
* 苓通
* 苓雅 (Língyǎ)
* 茯苓 (fúlíng)
* 茯苓糕
* 茯苓菜
* 茯苓霜
* 豨苓
* 豬苓／猪苓 (zhūlíng)
* 采苓
* 龜苓膏／龟苓膏 (guīlínggāo)

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* herb, plant
* mushroom

#### Readings

* Go-on: りょう (ryō)
* Kan-on: れい (rei)
* Kun: みみなぐさ (miminagusa, 苓)

#### Compounds

* 猪(チョ)苓(レイ) (chorei)
* 土(ど)茯(ぶく)苓(りょう) (dobukuryō)
* 茯(ブク)苓(リョウ) (bukuryō)

## Korean
### Hanja

苓 • (ryeong>yeong) (hangeul 령>영, revised ryeong>yeong, McCune–Reischauer ryŏng>yŏng, Yale lyeng>yeng)
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

苓: Hán Nôm readings: linh, lành, lềnh
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