玲 - Dong Chinese dictionary

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líng

tinkling of jade

Phonosemantic compound. 王 represents the meaning and 令 represents the sound.

Components

王 Meaning component

wáng, wàng

king

令 Sound component

lìng, líng, lǐng

command

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

líng

tinkling of jade; (onom.) ting-a-ling (in compounds such as 玎玲 or 玲瓏|玲珑); tinkling of gem-pendants

Most common words with 玲

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	玲	tinkling of gem-pendants
	玲珑	exquisite
	林志玲	Lin Chi-ling (1974-), Taiwanese model and actress
	张爱玲	Eileen Chang (1920-1995), famous Chinese-American novelist
	美玲	Meiling (female name)

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 0.8490% of movies

2900th most common character in movies

1855th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

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