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苓

líng

Character

What 苓 means

1. fungus
2. tuber

Words starting with 苓

• 苓雅Líng yǎLingya district of Kaohsiung city 高雄市
• 苓雅区Líng yǎ qūLingya district of Kaohsiung city 高雄市

Words containing 苓

• 苦苓kǔ língchinaberry (Melia azedarach)
• 猪苓zhū língporia mushroom (Polyporus umbellatus)
• 龟苓膏guī líng gāoturtle jelly, medicine made with powdered turtle shell and herbs…
• 茯苓fú língWolfiporia extensa (a wood-decay fungus); fu ling; tuckahoe
• 五苓散wǔ líng sǎnwuling powder (decoction of poria mushroom used in TCM); poria five powder…

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 苓

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

• 茶chátea; tea plant
• 苹píng(artemisia); duckweed
• 芥jièmustard
• 荟huìto flourish; luxuriant growth
• 岑cénsmall hill
• 荨qiánused in 荨麻; also pr. xún

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
• 绫damask; thin silk