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聆

líng

listen

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

Components
耳 meaning component

耳  Meaning component

ěr

  

ear

令 sound component

令  Sound component

lìng, líng, lǐng

  

command

Evolution

聆 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
聆 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
聆 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

聆  

líng

listen, hear; to hear; to listen; to understand clearly

Most common words with 聆
Freq.
Word
Meaning

聆听

to listen (respectfully)

聆

to hear

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 2.9153% of movies

2769th most common character in movies

3770th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

11

Unicode

U+8046

Shuowen

“聆，聽也。从耳，令聲。”


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