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漢字Kanji · in Tools & Weapons

玲: sound of jewels

JLPT N19 strokesName kanji (jinmeiyō)Your ink: 白 Not met

王 carries the meaning · 令 is drawn in

9 strokes

One reading, and the words that use it

レイrei · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 玲瓏れいろうclear; translucent; brilliant
  • 白玲はくれいHakurei (one of the eight major…

Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

成り立ち

Where it comes from

Memory story · made up to help you remember

“A treasure for royalty! While it looks like a "king," the true soul of this radical is "jade."”
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
玲 sound of jewels · 王
vs怜 wise · 忄
玲 has 王 where 怜 has 忄.
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · líng

Same form: 玲 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).

Simplified
玲 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
玲 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin líng most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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