# 羚

| 羚 | U+7F9A, &#32666; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7F9A |
| ← 羙 [U+7F99] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 羛 → [U+7F9B] |
| 羚 | U+F9AF, &#63919; CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F9AF |
| ← 瑩 [U+F9AE] | CJK Compatibility Ideographs | 聆 → [U+F9B0] |

## Translingual
### Han character

羚 (Kangxi radical 123, 羊+5, 11 strokes, cangjie input 廿手人戈戈 (TQOII), four-corner 8853$_7$, composition ⿰羊令)
* species of antelope

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 951, character 39
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 28463
* Dae Jaweon: page 1395, character 20
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3130, character 4
* Unihan data for U+7F9A
* Unihan data for U+F9AF

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | 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 | 羚 |
| 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 | 羚 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 8325 |
| Phonetic component | 令 |
| Rime group | 耕 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 靈 |
| Old Chinese | /*reːŋ/ |

### Definitions

羚
* antelope; gazelle
* goral; serow
* (historical dictionaries only) lamb; young sheep

#### Compounds

* 侏羚 (zhūlíng)
* 劍羚 / 剑羚 (jiànlíng)
* 叉角羚 (chājiǎolíng)
* 大羚羊
* 山羚 (shānlíng)
* 扭角羚
* 斑羚 (bānlíng)
* 水羚 (shuǐlíng)
* 沙羚 (shālíng)
* 瞪羚 (dènglíng)
* 羚牛 (língniú)
* 羚羊 (língyáng)
* 羚羊掛角 / 羚羊挂角
* 藏羚
* 藏羚羊 (zànglíngyáng)
* 赤羚 (chìlíng)
* 跳羚 (tiàolíng)
* 驢羚 / 驴羚 (lǘlíng)
* 高角羚 (gāojiǎolíng)
* 鬣羚 (lièlíng)

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Jinmeiyō kanji)
* antelope
* serow

#### Readings

* Go-on: りょう (ryō)
* Kan-on: れい (rei)

## Korean
### Hanja

羚 • (ryeong>yeong) (hangeul 령>영, revised ryeong>yeong, McCune–Reischauer ryŏng>yŏng, Yale lyeng>yeng)
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

## Vietnamese
### Han character

羚: Hán Việt readings: linh
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

#### Compounds

* 羚羊 (linh dương, “antelope”)

### References

* ↑ Trần (2004).