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鸰

líng

Character Traditional 鴒

What 鸰 means

1. used in {鹡鸰|jí líng}

Words containing 鸰

• 鹡鸰jí língwagtail
• 山鹡鸰shān jí líng(bird species of China) forest wagtail (Dendronanthus indicus)
• 灰鹡鸰huī jí líng(bird species of China) grey wagtail (Motacilla cinerea)
• 白鹡鸰bái jí líng(bird species of China) white wagtail (Motacilla alba)
• 黄鹡鸰huáng jí líng(bird species of China) eastern yellow wagtail (Motacilla tschutschensis)
• 大斑鹡鸰dà bān jí líng(bird species of China) white-browed wagtail (Motacilla maderaspatensis)
• 日本鹡鸰Rì běn jí líng(bird species of China) Japanese wagtail (Motacilla grandis)
• 西黄鹡鸰xī huáng jí líng(bird species of China) western yellow wagtail (Motacilla flava)
• 黄头鹡鸰huáng tóu jí líng(bird species of China) citrine wagtail (Motacilla citreola)

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