鈴

See also: 铃

鈴 U+9234, 鈴 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9234 ← 鈳 [U+9233] CJK Unified Ideographs 鈵 → [U+9235]

鈴 U+F9B1, 鈴 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F9B1 ← 聆 [U+F9B0] CJK Compatibility Ideographs 零 → [U+F9B2]

Translingual

Han character

鈴 (Kangxi radical 167, 金+5, 13 strokes, cangjie input 金人戈戈 (COII), four-corner 8813₇, composition ⿰釒令)

Derived characters

• 𫫿, 𤪊, 𮤧

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1299, character 28
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40267
• Dae Jaweon: page 1802, character 9
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4187, character 16
• Unihan data for U+9234

• Unihan data for U+F9B1

Chinese

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Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 鈴
Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script

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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *reːŋ): semantic 金 + phonetic 令 (OC *ren, *reŋ, *reŋs, *reːŋ, *reːŋs).

Etymology 1

trad.		鈴
simp.		铃

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *mriŋ (“sound; noise; animal cry”); cognate with 鳴 (OC *mreŋ, “to make a sound”), 笙 (OC *sreŋ), Burmese မြည် (mrany, “to make a sound”) (Schuessler, 2007; STEDT).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): líng (ling²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ling⁴ / ling¹
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): làng / liàng

  (Hailu, HRS): lang / liang

  (Meixian, Guangdong): lang² / lin²

• Eastern Min (BUC): lìng / lĭng
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): leng²
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): lêng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): lêng¹

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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/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: ling⁴ / ling¹
    • Yale: lìhng / līng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ling⁴ / ling¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ling⁴ / ling¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɪŋ²¹/, /lɪŋ⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: làng / liàng
    • Hakka Romanization System: lang^ˇ / liang^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: lang² / liang²
    • Sinological IPA: /laŋ¹¹/, /li̯aŋ¹¹/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: lang / liang
    • Sinological IPA: /laŋ⁵⁵/, /liaŋ⁵⁵/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: lang² / lin²
    • Sinological IPA: /laŋ¹¹/, /lin¹¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: lìng / lĭng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /l̃iŋ⁵³/, /l̃iŋ⁵⁵/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian, Jiangkou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: leng²
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: léng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɛŋ¹³/
  • (Nanri)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: leng²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /le̞ŋ¹³/
  • (Xianyou, Youyang, Fengting)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: leng²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɛŋ²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lêng
    • Tâi-lô: lîng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: leeng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /liɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /liɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /liɪŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /liɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /liɪŋ²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: lêng¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: leng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /leŋ³³/

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• Middle Chinese: leng

Rime
Character	鈴
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	青 (125)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	郎丁切
Baxter	leng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/leŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/leŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/lɛŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lɛjŋ/
Li Rong	/leŋ/
Wang Li	/lieŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/lieŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	líng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ling4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*reːŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	鈴
Reading #	1/1
No.	8292
Phonetic component	令
Rime group	耕
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	靈
Old Chinese	/*reːŋ/

Definitions

鈴

1. bell; chime

   Synonyms: 鈴仔 / 铃仔 (Min Nan), 䤝仔 / 𲇳仔 (Min Nan), 䤝 / 𲇳 (Min Nan)

2. a surname, Ling

Compounds

• 丁鈴噹啷 / 丁铃当啷
• 串鈴 / 串铃
• 啞鈴 / 哑铃 (yǎlíng)
• 塞耳偷鈴 / 塞耳偷铃 (sāi'ěrtōulíng)
• 扯鈴 / 扯铃 (chělíng)
• 按鈴申告 / 按铃申告
• 掩耳偷鈴 / 掩耳偷铃
• 掩耳盜鈴 / 掩耳盗铃 (yǎn'ěrdàolíng)
• 提鈴喝號 / 提铃喝号
• 揚鈴打鼓 / 扬铃打鼓
• 搖鈴兒的 / 摇铃儿的
• 搖鈴打鼓 / 摇铃打鼓
• 撈鈴 / 捞铃
• 梵啞鈴 / 梵哑铃 (fànyǎlíng)
• 棉鈴 / 棉铃 (miánlíng)
• 槓鈴 / 杠铃 (gànglíng)
• 法鈴 / 法铃
• 淋鈴 / 淋铃
• 牆鈴 / 墙铃
• 盜鈴掩耳 / 盗铃掩耳 (dàolíngyǎn'ěr)
• 碰鈴 / 碰铃 (pènglíng)
• 簷鈴 / 檐铃
• 繫鈴解鈴 / 系铃解铃
• 虎項金鈴 / 虎项金铃
• 解鈴繫鈴 / 解铃系铃
• 解鈴還須繫鈴人 / 解铃还须系铃人 (jiě líng hái xū xì líng rén)
• 說鈴 / 说铃
• 警鈴 / 警铃 (jǐnglíng)
• 賣杖搖鈴 / 卖杖摇铃
• 車鈴 / 车铃 (chēlíng)
• 金鈴子 / 金铃子
• 釘鈴鐺鋃 / 钉铃铛锒
• 鈴鐸 / 铃铎
• 鈴鐺 / 铃铛 (língdang)
• 鈴鐺壽星 / 铃铛寿星
• 鈴閣 / 铃阁
• 鈴鼓 / 铃鼓 (línggǔ)
• 銀鈴般 / 银铃般
• 鑾鈴 / 銮铃 (luánlíng)
• 門鈴 / 门铃 (ménlíng)
• 電鈴 / 电铃 (diànlíng)
• 音樂電鈴 / 音乐电铃
• 響鈴 / 响铃 (xiǎnglíng)
• 風鈴 / 风铃 (fēnglíng)
• 風鈴花 / 风铃花
• 馬鈴子 / 马铃子
• 馬鈴瓜 / 马铃瓜
• 馬鈴薯 / 马铃薯 (mǎlíngshǔ)
• 鬧鈴 / 闹铃 (nàolíng)
• 鸞鈴 / 鸾铃 (luánlíng)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (鈴):

• → Japanese: 鈴(れい) (rei); 鈴(りん) (rin)

Etymology 2

trad.		鈴
simp.		铃

Possibly borrowed from English rim.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ling¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: ling¹
    • Yale: līng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ling¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ling¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɪŋ⁵⁵/

Definitions

鈴

1. (Cantonese) alternative form of 軨 / 𫐉 (“wheel rim”) (Classifier: 條／条 c)
   • 2017 April 20, “【車主教室】車鈴越大制動越弱　雨天高危隨時水上飄”, in Apple Daily‎, archived from the original on 21 June 2021:

     現今車主為了自己部車美觀，條鈴有咁大得咁大，但各位車主知唔知輪圈大一吋對部車有咩影響呢？

     Car owners nowadays try to make their cars to have a better appearance and makes the car's wheel rim as large as possible. But do you car owners know what are the effects does a larger wheel rim have on the car?

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A04287
• “鈴”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
• “鈴”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.
• 李如龙 [Li, Ru-long]; 刘福铸 [Liu, Fu-zhu]; 吴华英 [Wu, Hua-ying]; 黄国城 [Huang, Guo-cheng] (2019), “铃”, in 莆仙方言调查报告 [Investigation Report on Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 275.