Chinese Character Wiki
霝

líng

drops of rain

Pictograph of drops of rain.

Components
雨 meaning component

雨  Meaning component

yǔ, yù

  

rain

◎ iconic component

◎  Iconic component

  

characterless component

Depicts three falling raindrops.

Evolution

霝 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
霝 Bronze script Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)

Bronze script

Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
霝 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
霝 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
霝 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

霝  

líng

drops of rain; to fall in drops

Component uses

Sound component in 2 characters (1 verified)

靈 酃

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

9827th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

17

Unicode

U+971D

Shuowen

“霝，雨零也。从雨，象形。《詩》曰：‘霝雨其濛。’”


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