# 玲

| 玲 | U+73B2, &#29618; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-73B2 |
| ← 玱 [U+73B1] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 玳 → [U+73B3] |
| 玲 | U+F9AD, &#63917; CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F9AD |
| ← 怜 [U+F9AC] | CJK Compatibility Ideographs | 瑩 → [U+F9AE] |

## Translingual
### Han character

玲 (Kangxi radical 96, 玉+5, 9 strokes, cangjie input 一土人戈戈 (MGOII), four-corner 1813$_7$ or 1813$_2$, composition ⿰𤣩令)

#### Derived characters

* 𦴿 𫺡 𧟺 𮦜

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 728, character 23
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20888
* Dae Jaweon: page 1140, character 20
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1108, character 1
* Unihan data for U+73B2
* Unihan data for U+F9AD

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

* Historical forms of the character 玲
* Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
* Small seal 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 玉 (“jade”) + phonetic 令 (OC *ren, *reŋ, *reŋs, *reːŋ, *reːŋs).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): líng (ling$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄥˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): ling$^4$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): lêng / lîn / lin
    (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/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lêng
*** Tâi-lô: lîng
*** Phofsit Daibuun: leeng
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /liɪŋ²³/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei): /liɪŋ²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /liɪŋ¹³/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lîn
*** Tâi-lô: lîn
*** Phofsit Daibuun: liin
*** IPA (Quanzhou, Xiamen): /lin²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /lin¹³/
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lin
*** Tâi-lô: lin
*** Phofsit Daibuun: lyn
*** IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /lin⁴⁴/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: lêng$^5$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lêng
*** Sinological IPA : /leŋ⁵⁵/
* Middle Chinese: leng
Rime :
| Character | 玲 |
| 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 | 玲 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 8300 |
| Phonetic component | 令 |
| Rime group | 耕 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 靈 |
| Old Chinese | /*reːŋ/ |

### Definitions

玲
* (onomatopoeia) jade-hitting sound

### Compounds

* 八面玲瓏 / 八面玲珑 (bāmiànlínglóng)
* 剔透玲瓏 / 剔透玲珑
* 喝玲瑯 / 喝玲琅 (hoah-lin-long) (Min Nan)
* 四面玲瓏 / 四面玲珑
* 嬌小玲瓏 / 娇小玲珑
* 小巧玲瓏 / 小巧玲珑
* 玲玎
* 玲玲
* 玲琅
* 玲瓏 / 玲珑 (línglóng)
* 玲瓏剔透 / 玲珑剔透
* 瓏玲 / 珑玲

### References

* “玲”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
* zi.tools

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Jinmeiyō kanji)
* tinkling; sound of jade
* exquisite
* clever

#### Readings

* Go-on: りょう (ryō)
* Kan-on: れい (rei)
* Nanori: あきら (akira)、たま (tama)

## Korean
### Hanja

玲 (eumhun 옥소리 령 (oksori ryeong), word-initial (South Korea) 옥소리 영 (oksori yeong))
* hanja form of 령/영 (“mainly used in personal names”)

## Vietnamese
### Han character

玲: Hán Nôm readings: lính, linh
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