# 囹

| 囹 | U+56F9, &#22265; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-56F9 |
| ← 囸 [U+56F8] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 固 → [U+56FA] |
| 囹 | U+F9A9, &#63913; CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F9A9 |
| ← 令 [U+F9A8] | CJK Compatibility Ideographs | 寧 → [U+F9AA] |

## Translingual

| Traditional | 囹 |
| Simplified | 囹 |
| Japanese | 囹 |
| Korean | 囹 |

### Han character

囹 (Kangxi radical 31, 囗+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 田人戈戈 (WOII), four-corner 6030$_7$, composition ⿴囗令)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 218, character 2
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4744
* Dae Jaweon: page 445, character 22
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 717, character 11
* Unihan data for U+56F9
* Unihan data for U+F9A9

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

* Historical forms of the character 囹
* Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
* 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 |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *reːŋ) : semantic 囗 (“enclosure”) + phonetic 令 (OC *ren, *reŋ, *reŋs, *reːŋ, *reːŋs).

### 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 | 囹 |
| 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 | 囹 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 8289 |
| Phonetic component | 令 |
| Rime group | 耕 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 靈 |
| Old Chinese | /*reːŋ/ |

### Definitions

囹
* Clipping of 囹圄 (língyǔ, “prison”).

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* prison

#### Readings

* Go-on: りょう (ryō)
* Kan-on: れい (rei)

#### Compounds

* 囹(れい)圄(ぎょ), 囹(れい)圉(ぎょ) (reigyo), 囹(れい)圄(ご), 囹(れい)圉(ご) (reigo)

## Korean
### Hanja

囹 • (ryeong) (hangeul 령, revised ryeong, McCune–Reischauer ryŏng)
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

## Vietnamese
### Han character

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

#### References

* Nom Foundation