Chinese Character Wiki

蛉

líng

dragonfly

Components
虫 meaning component

虫  Meaning component

chóng

  

bug, insect

insect

令 sound component

令  Sound component

lìng, líng, lǐng

  

command

Evolution

蛉 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

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

Clerical script

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

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

蛉  

líng

dragonfly, libellulidae; sandfly

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

4563rd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

11

Unicode

U+86C9

Shuowen

“蛉，蜻蛉也。从虫，令聲。一名桑桹。”


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