# 伶

| 伶 | U+4F36, &#20278; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4F36 |
| ← 伵 [U+4F35] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 伷 → [U+4F37] |

## Translingual
### Han character

伶 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+5, 7 strokes, cangjie input 人人戈戈 (OOII), four-corner 2823$_7$, composition ⿰亻令)

#### Derived characters

* 𠴒, 𦰐, 𬍦

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 97, character 3
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 478
* Dae Jaweon: page 205, character 10
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 137, character 2
* Unihan data for U+4F36

## Chinese

* 伶

### Glyph origin

* Historical forms of the character 伶
* Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
* Small seal script
* Small seal scripts05815
* 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).
| | 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 |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *reːŋ) : semantic 人 (“man; person”) + phonetic 令 (OC *ren, *reŋ, *reŋs, *reːŋ, *reːŋs)

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): líng (ling$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄥˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): ling$^4$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): làng
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): léng / lêng
    (Teochew, Peng'im): lêng$^5$
* 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/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: làng
*** Hakka Romanization System: lang$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: lang$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /laŋ¹¹/
* Southern Min
** (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: lêng$^5$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lêng
*** Sinological IPA : /leŋ⁵⁵/
* Middle Chinese: leng
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 |
| 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 | 伶 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 8295 |
| Phonetic component | 令 |
| Rime group | 耕 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 靈 |
| Old Chinese | /*reːŋ/ |

### Definitions

伶
* (historical) court musician; performer
* (dated) actor
* solitary; lonely
* clever
* a surname

### 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
* 伶俐 (línglì)
* 伶俜 (língpīng)
* 伶便
* 伶俐乖覺／伶俐乖觉
* 伶俐人
* 伶俐嘴乖
* 伶俐聰敏／伶俐聪敏
* 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
* 俜伶
* 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
* 機伶／机伶 (jīling)
* 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

(Jinmeiyō kanji)
* clever
* actor
* smart

#### Readings

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

## Korean
### Hanja

伶 (eum 령 (ryeong))
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

伶: Hán Nôm readings: rành, lanh, linh, nhanh, rảnh, ranh, rình, lánh
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#### References

* Nom Foundation