聆

聆 U+8046, 聆 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8046 ← 聅 [U+8045] CJK Unified Ideographs 聇 → [U+8047]

聆 U+F9B0, 聆 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F9B0 ← 羚 [U+F9AF] CJK Compatibility Ideographs 鈴 → [U+F9B1]

Translingual

Han character

聆 (Kangxi radical 128, 耳+5, 11 strokes, cangjie input 尸十人戈戈 (SJOII), four-corner 1813₇, composition ⿰耳令)

Derived characters

• 䉁, 𠻠

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 966, character 24
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29044
• Dae Jaweon: page 1415, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2787, character 3
• Unihan data for U+8046

• Unihan data for U+F9B0

Chinese

trad.		聆
simp. #		聆

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 聆
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): líng (ling²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ling⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lêng

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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
    • Yale: lìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ling⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ling⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɪŋ²¹/
• 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/

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• Middle Chinese: leng

Rime
Character	聆
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/
Bernard Karlgren	/lieŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	líng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ling4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*reːŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	聆
Reading #	1/1
No.	8301
Phonetic component	令
Rime group	耕
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	靈
Old Chinese	/*reːŋ/

Definitions

聆

1. (literary) to listen carefully
2. (literary) to fully understand

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 聽 (“to hear; to listen”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		聞, 聽, 聆
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		聽
Mandarin	Beijing	聽
	Taiwan	聽
	Yantai (Muping)	聽
	Jinan	聽
	Luoyang	聽
	Wanrong	聽
	Xi'an	聽
	Wuhan	聽
	Chengdu	聽
	Guilin	聽
	Yangzhou	聽
	Hefei	聽
	Malaysia	聽
	Singapore	聽
Cantonese	Guangzhou	聽
	Hong Kong	聽
	Macau	聽
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	聽
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	聽
	Taishan	聽
	Yangjiang	聽
	Beihai	聽
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	聽
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	聽
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	聽
	Danzhou	聽
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	聽
	Singapore (Guangfu)	聽
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	聽
	Móng Cái	聽
Gan	Nanchang	聽
	Lichuan	聽
	Pingxiang	聽
Hakka	Meixian	聽
	Xingning	聽
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	聽
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	聽
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	知
	Changting	知
	Wuping	聽
	Wuping (Pingyu)	聽
	Liancheng	聽
	Ninghua	聽
	Ruijin	聽
	Shicheng	知
	Shangyou (Shexi)	聽
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	聽
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	聽
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	聽
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	聽
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	聽
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	聽
	Kuching (Hepo)	聽
Huizhou	Jixi	聽
Jin	Taiyuan	聽
Northern Min	Jian'ou	聽聆
	Jian'ou (Dikou)	聽聆
	Zhenghe (Zhenqian)	聽
	Pucheng (Shibei)	聽聆
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	聽
Southern Min	Xiamen	聽
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	聽
	Quanzhou	聽
	Zhangzhou	聽
	Zhao'an	聽
	Taipei	聽 GT
	Penang (Hokkien)	聽
	Singapore (Hokkien)	聽
	Manila (Hokkien)	聽
	Chaozhou	聽
	Shantou	聽
	Jieyang	聽
	Singapore (Teochew)	聽
	Pontianak (Teochew)	聽
	Leizhou	聽
	Wenchang	聽
	Haikou	聽
	Qionghai	聽
	Singapore (Hainanese)	聽
Wu	Shanghai	聽
	Shanghai (Chongming)	聽
	Suzhou	聽
	Wuxi	聽
	Danyang	聽
	Wenzhou	聽
	Lishui	聽
	Jinhua	聽
Xiang	Changsha	聽
	Shuangfeng	聽
	Jiangyong	聞
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)

Compounds

• 聆樂／聆乐
• 聆聆
• 聆聽／聆听 (língtīng)
• 聆訊／聆讯 (língxùn)
• 聆賞／聆赏 (língshǎng)

 

Japanese

Kanji

聆

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. listening
2. realizing

Readings

• Go-on: りょう (ryō)
• Kan-on: れい (rei)
• Kun: きく (kiku, 聆く)

Korean

Hanja

聆 • (ryeong>yeong) (hangeul 령>영, revised ryeong>yeong, McCune–Reischauer ryŏng>yŏng, Yale leyng>eyng)

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