# 蛉

| 蛉 | U+86C9, &#34505; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-86C9 |
| ← 蛈 [U+86C8] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 蛊 → [U+86CA] |

## Translingual
### Han character

蛉 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+5, 11 strokes, cangjie input 中戈人戈戈 (LIOII), four-corner 5813$_7$, composition ⿰虫令)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1080, character 25
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32969
* Dae Jaweon: page 1549, character 3
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2844, character 9
* Unihan data for U+86C9

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 蛉 :
| 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$^4$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lêng / ni
* 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/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lêng
*** Tâi-lô: lîng
*** Phofsit Daibuun: leeng
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /liɪŋ¹³/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /liɪŋ²⁴/
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ni
*** Tâi-lô: ni
*** Phofsit Daibuun: ny
*** IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /nĩ⁴⁴/
* Middle Chinese: leng
Rime :
| Character | 蛉 |
| 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 | 蛉 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 8291 |
| Phonetic component | 令 |
| Rime group | 耕 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 靈 |
| Old Chinese | /*reːŋ/ |

### Definitions

蛉
* Used in 螟蛉 (mínglíng) and 蜻蛉 (qīnglíng), etc.
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) Clipping of 螟蛉 (mínglíng).

#### Compounds

* 劍走蜻蛉 / 剑走蜻蛉
* 白蛉子
* 竹蜻蛉
* 草蜻蛉
* 蜻蛉 (qīnglíng)
* 螟蛉 (mínglíng)
* 螟蛉子 (mínglíngzǐ)
* 青蛉

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* dragonfly

#### Readings

* Go-on: りょう (ryō)
* Kan-on: れい (rei)
* Tō-on: りん (rin)

#### Compounds

* 蜻蛉(せいれい) (seirei)
* 螟蛉(めいれい) (meirei)
* 蜻蛉(あきつ) (akitsu), 蜻蛉(あきず) (akizu)
* 蜻蛉(かげろう) (kagerō), 蜻蛉(かぎろう) (kagirō)
* 蜻蛉(トンボ) (tonbo), 蜻蛉(とんぼう) (tonbō)

## Korean
### Hanja

蛉 • (ryeong>yeong) (hangeul 령>영, revised ryeong>yeong, McCune–Reischauer ryŏng>yŏng, Yale lyeng>yeng)
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