漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People
鈴: small bell, buzzer
JLPT N113 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
金 carries the meaning · 令 gives the sound
13 strokes
Two readings, and the words that use each
リンrin · on'yomi · in compounds
- 風鈴ふうりんwind chime; wind bell
- 呼鈴よびりんbell (used for summoning or signalling)
すずsuzu · kun'yomi · on its own
- 鈴すずbell (often globular)
Also read レイ, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Dig deep for treasure! This radical represents the metals that form the backbone of our technology and the "gold" that has served as a global standard of value for centuries.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
令
Also built on orders (令)
鈴 takes the 令 family's reading, レイ (rei).
Also read リン
11 kanji share this on'yomiIn ChineseSimplified 铃 · traditional, as in Japanese · líng
Japan keeps the traditional form 鈴; mainland China simplifies it to 铃.
- Simplified
- 铃 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 鈴 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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