姈

姈 · líng

(literary) (of a woman) intelligent; (used mostly in female names)

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
líng
Cantonese
ling4
Definition source
CC-CEDICT · CC BY-SA 4.0

(literary) (of a woman) intelligent; (used mostly in female names)

Dictionary definitions & readings

姈 líng · (literary) (of a woman) intelligent; (used mostly in female names)

CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG · 2026-10-13 · CC BY-SA 4.0

Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
21039.060:líng Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
226.070:líng Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
レイ リョウ Source property ↗
Korean · Hangul
령:1N Source property ↗
Vietnamese · Quốc ngữ
lanh Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
郎丁 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
VOII Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
4842.7 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
0258.130 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
197.01 Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+59C8
Radical
女 · 38
Strokes
8
Residual strokes
5
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 3 · #6743

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Words & connections

Dictionary & examples

History & distinctions

Related forms

No simplified/traditional variant assertion retained.

Historical readings

Middle Chinese
leng · 郎丁 · 梗開四平青來 · #939

PHONO-ML, source line 7500; CC BY 4.0. Source-generated reading categories, not modern pronunciation. Attribution & limitations.

Sources & reference

Evidence

Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3 · Official-list coverage

Exact Unihan properties
kDaeJaweon
0523.190
kHanYu
21039.060
kIRGDaeJaweon
0523.190
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
21039.060
kIRGKangXi
0258.130
kKangXi
0258.130
kMorohashi
06163
kSBGY
197.01
kCangjie
VOII
kFourCornerCode
4842.7
kMojiJoho
MJ009631
kPhonetic
812*
kUnihanCore2020
GHMT
kIRG_GSource
G3-3C3A
kIRG_HSource
HB2-CC52
kIRG_JSource
J14-254E
kIRG_KPSource
KP1-3CFE
kIRG_KSource
K1-5E5D
kIRG_TSource
T2-2633
kIRG_VSource
V1-516F
kRSUnicode
38.5
kTotalStrokes
8
kBigFive
CC52
kCCCII
217A39
kCNS1986
2-2633
kCNS1992
2-2633
kGB3
2826
kJIS0213
2,05,46
kJis1
2528
kKoreanName
2015
kTGH
2013:6743
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+17487+38.3.5
kCantonese
ling4
kFanqie
郎丁
kHangul
령:1N
kHanyuPinyin
21039.060:líng
kJapanese
レイ リョウ
kJapaneseKun
AZANA
kJapaneseOn
REI RYOU
kKorean
LYENG
kMandarin
líng
kTGHZ2013
226.070:líng
kVietnamese
lanh

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

0.10
1dictionary records using 姈0forms using this shape0attributed sound links
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Shape description
女 beside 令 · the same shape in all seven regional standards (China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, North Korea, Vietnam)
Source notation ^⿰女令$(GHTJKPV)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿰女令$(GHTJKPV)

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