# 泠

| 泠 | U+6CE0, &#27872; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6CE0 |
| ← 泟 [U+6CDF] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 泡 → [U+6CE1] |

## Translingual

| Traditional | 泠 |
| Simplified | 泠 |
| Japanese | 泠 |
| Korean | 泠 |

### Han character

泠 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 水人戈戈 (EOII), four-corner 3813$_7$ or 3813$_2$, composition ⿰氵令)

#### Derived characters

* 霗, 𩆼, 𢜅, 𫪬, 𭅛

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 617, character 6
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17306
* Dae Jaweon: page 1012, character 4
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1589, character 7
* Unihan data for U+6CE0

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 泠 :
| Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
| | 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 | 泠 |
| 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 | 泠 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 8296 |
| Phonetic component | 令 |
| Rime group | 耕 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 靈 |
| Old Chinese | /*reːŋ/ |

### Definitions

泠
* (literary) cool; refreshing
* mild and comfortable
* a surname

### Compounds

* 丁泠
* 泠冽
* 泠泠 (línglíng)
* 泠然
* 泠風／泠风
* 清泠
* 白泠泠
* 西泠八家
* 西泠十子
* 西泠橋／西泠桥
* 言詞泠泠／言词泠泠
* 響泠泠／响泠泠

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* cool
* clean

#### Readings

* On (unclassified): れい (rei)、りょう (ryō)、れん (ren)
* Kun: さとす (satosu)
* Nanori: きよし (kiyoshi)

## Korean
### Hanja

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

泠: Hán Nôm readings: lênh, lểnh, linh, rãnh, lềnh
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#### References

* Nom Foundation