岭

See also: 岺 and 嶺

岭 U+5CAD, 岭 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5CAD ← 岬 [U+5CAC] CJK Unified Ideographs 岮 → [U+5CAE]

Translingual

Han character

岭 (Kangxi radical 46, 山+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 山人戈戈 (UOII), four-corner 2872₇, composition ⿰山令)

Further reading

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 309, character 24
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7993
• Dae Jaweon: page 609, character 20
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 768, character 4
• Unihan data for U+5CAD

Chinese

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (令) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
令	*ren, *reŋ, *reŋs, *reːŋ, *reːŋs
怜	*riːn, *reːŋ
零	*riːŋ, *reːŋ, *reːŋs
魿	*ɡriŋ, *reːŋ
命	*mreŋs
冷	*raːŋʔ, *reːŋ, *reːŋʔ
跉	*reŋ, *reːŋ
嶺	*reŋʔ
領	*reŋʔ
阾	*reŋʔ, *reːŋ
柃	*reŋʔ, *reːŋ
袊	*reŋʔ
詅	*reŋs, *reːŋ
旍	*ʔsleŋ
舲	*reːŋ
齡	*reːŋ
囹	*reːŋ
鴒	*reːŋ
蛉	*reːŋ
鈴	*reːŋ
苓	*reːŋ
伶	*reːŋ
泠	*reːŋ
瓴	*reːŋ
拎	*reːŋ
刢	*reːŋ
玲	*reːŋ
聆	*reːŋ
竛	*reːŋ
軨	*reːŋ
笭	*reːŋ, *reːŋʔ
翎	*reːŋ
閝	*reːŋ
鹷	*reːŋ
昤	*reːŋ
駖	*reːŋ
彾	*reːŋ
呤	*reːŋ
狑	*reːŋ
秢	*reːŋ
岭	*reːŋ
紷	*reːŋ
砱	*reːŋ
羚	*reːŋ
姈	*reːŋ
蕶	*reːŋ
澪	*reːŋ

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of 岭 – see 嶺 (“mountain whose peak is accessible by road; mountain range; etc.”). (This character is the simplified and variant form of 嶺).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Etymology 2

trad.		岭
simp. #		岭
alternative forms		岺 𡿡

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): líng (ling²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄥˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: líng
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: líng
    • Wade–Giles: ling²
    • Yale: líng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ling
    • Palladius: лин (lin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /liŋ³⁵/

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• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*reːŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	岭
Reading #	1/1
No.	8320
Phonetic component	令
Rime group	耕
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	靈
Old Chinese	/*reːŋ/
Notes	見揚雄賦

Definitions

岭

1. only used in 岭巆

Compounds

• 岭嶙
• 岭巆

Japanese

Kanji

岭

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): れい (rei)

Korean

Hanja

岭 (eumhun 고개 령 (gogae ryeong), word-initial (South Korea) 고개 영 (gogae yeong))

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References

• Naver Hanja Dictionary: 岭

Vietnamese

Han character

岭: Nôm readings: lãnh

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References

• Nom Foundation