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領
領
See also: 领
Translingual
Han character
領 (radical 181 頁+5, 14 strokes, cangjie input 人戈一月金 (OIMBC), four-corner 81386, composition ⿰令頁)
References
- KangXi: page 1402, character 23
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 43423
- Dae Jaweon: page 1919, character 9
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 7, page 4365, character 5
- Unihan data for U+9818
Chinese
| trad. | 領 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. | 领 | |
Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 領
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|---|---|
| Large seal script | Small seal script |
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| Characters in the same phonetic series (令) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
|---|---|
| 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
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄥˇ
- Wade-Giles: ling3
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liing
- IPA (key): /liŋ²¹⁴/
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- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: ling5, leng5
- Yale: líhng, léhng
- Cantonese Pinyin: ling5, leng5
- IPA (key): /lɪŋ¹³/, /lɛːŋ¹³/
- Note: ling5 - literary; leng5 - vernacular.
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: liâng
- Hakka Romanization System: liang´
- Hagfa Pinyim: liang1
- IPA: /li̯aŋ²⁴/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: léng / niá
- Tâi-lô: líng / niá
- Phofsit Daibuun: leang, niar
- IPA (Xiamen): /liɪŋ⁵³/, /nia⁵³/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /liɪŋ⁵⁵⁴/, /nia⁵⁵⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /liɪŋ⁵³/, /nia⁵³/
- IPA (Taipei): /liɪŋ⁵³/, /nia⁵³/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /liɪŋ⁴¹/, /nia⁴¹/
- Note: léng - literary; niá - vernacular.
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: nian2
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: niáⁿ
- IPA (key): /nĩã⁵²/
- (Hokkien)
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 領 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 來 (37) |
| Final (韻) | 清 (121) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 良郢切 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/liᴇŋX/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/liɛŋX/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/liæŋX/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/liajŋX/ |
| Li Rong |
/liɛŋX/ |
| Wang Li |
/lĭɛŋX/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/li̯ɛŋX/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
lǐng |
| Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 領 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) |
lǐng |
| Middle Chinese |
‹ ljengX › |
| Old Chinese |
/*[r]eŋʔ/ |
| English | neck |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; | |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 領 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 8280 |
| Phonetic component |
令 |
| Rime group |
耕 |
| Rime subdivision |
0 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
領 |
| Old Chinese |
/*reŋʔ/ |
Definitions
領
- neck
- collar
- main point
- to lead, to guide
- to get; to receive
- 領獎 / 领奖 ― lǐngjiǎng ― to get a prize
- to understand
- Classifier for items such as clothes, mats and screens.
- A surname.
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
領
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Readings
Compounds
- 領承 (りょうしょう, ryōshō)
- 大統領 (だいとうりょう, daitōryō)
Korean
Hanja
領 • (ryeong>yeong) (hangeul 령>영, revised ryeong>yeong, McCune-Reischauer ryŏng>yŏng, Yale lyeng>yeng)
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Vietnamese
Han character
領 (lĩnh, lãnh, lảnh, lỉnh, lểnh, lễnh, lính)
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