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囹

líng

Character

What 囹 means

1. used in {囹圄|líng yǔ}

Words starting with 囹

• 囹圄líng yǔ(literary) prison
• 囹圉líng yǔvariant of 囹圄

Words containing 囹

• 幽囹yōu língto keep in confinement; to confine
• 草满囹圄cǎo mǎn líng yǔlit. jails overgrown with grass (idiom); fig. peaceful society
• 身陷囹圄shēn xiàn líng yǔthrown into prison; behind bars

Characters built on 令

These share the phonetic component 令 (lìng), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 领lǐngneck; collar; to lead
• 龄língage; length of experience, membership etc
• 岭língused in 岭𫶕líng yíng
• 铃líng(small) bell
• 玲líng(onomatopoeia) ting-a-ling (in compounds such as 玎玲 or 玲珑); tinkling of gem-pendants
• 聆líng(literary) to hear; to listen
• 羚língantelope
• 伶líng(old) actor; actress; (meaningless bound form)

Sounds the same

Read líng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 零zero; nought; zero sign
• 龄age; length of experience, membership etc
• 灵quick; alert; efficacious
• 凌to approach; to rise high; thick ice
• 铃(small) bell
• 陵mound; tomb; hill
• 伶(old) actor; actress; (meaningless bound form)
• 岭used in 岭𫶕líng yíng
• 玲(onomatopoeia) ting-a-ling (in compounds such as 玎玲 or 玲珑); tinkling of gem-pendants
• 菱(bound form) water caltrop (Trapa species)
• 令used in 脊令; used in 令狐
• 苓fungus; tuber