# 龗

| 龗 | U+9F97, &#40855; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9F97 |
| ← 龖 [U+9F96] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 龘 → [U+9F98] |

## Translingual
### Han character

龗 (Kangxi radical 212, 龍+17, 33 strokes, cangjie input 一月口口心 (MBRRP), composition ⿱霝龍)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1537, character 21
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 48844
* Dae Jaweon: page 2078, character 15
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4806, character 8
* Unihan data for U+9F97

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | 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 |

### 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 | 龗 |
| 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/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /lieŋ/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | líng |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | ling$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*reːŋ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 龗 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 8267 |
| Phonetic component | 霝 |
| Rime group | 耕 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 靈 |
| Old Chinese | /*reːŋ/ |

### Definitions

龗
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) dragon
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) Alternative form of 靈 / 灵 (líng, “spirit; good”)

### References

* Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), C18363

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* water dragon

#### Readings

* Go-on: りょう (ryō)
* Kan-on: れい (rei)
* Tō-on: りん (rin)
* Kun: かみ (kami, 龗)、よし (yoshi, 龗)

### Etymology

* Kanji in this term
* 龗
* おかみ Hyōgai
* kun'yomi
⟨okami$_1$⟩ → */okamʲi/ → /okami/
From Old Japanese.
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [o̞ka̠mʲi]

### Noun

龗(おかみ) • (okami)
* (Japanese mythology) a dragon kami of water (rain, snow, etc.)
    Synonym: 竜神 (ryūjin)
** c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 2, poem 104:, text here
    吾岡(わがをか)之(の)於可美(おかみ)尓(に)言(いひ)而(て)令落(＊＊)雪(ゆき)之(の)摧(くだけ)之(し)彼所尓(そこに)塵(ちり)家武(けむ) [Man'yōgana]
    我(わ)が岡(をか)のおかみに言(い)ひて降(ふ)らしめし雪(ゆき)のくだけしそこに散(ち)りけむ [Modern spelling]

#### Derived terms

* 闇(くら)龗(おかみ) (Kuraokami)
* 高(たか)龗(おかみ) (Takaokami)

## Korean
### Hanja

龗 (eumhun 용 령 (yong ryeong), word-initial (South Korea) 용 영 (yong yeong))
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.