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翎

líng

Character

What 翎 means

1. tail feathers
2. plume

Words starting with 翎

• 翎子líng zipeacock feathers on an official's hat displaying his rank (traditional)…
• 翎毛líng máofeather; plume; plumage

Words containing 翎

• 白翎岛Bái líng DǎoBaengnyeong Island of South Korea, near the Northern Limit Line

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)

Characters that look like 翎

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 辆liàngclassifier for vehicles
• 翔xiángto soar; to glide; variant of 详
• 钼mùmolybdenum (chemistry)
• 栩xǔused in 栩栩; jolcham oak (Quercus serrata)
• 翊yìassist; ready to fly; respect
• 铟yīnindium (chemistry)

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