Radical
Strokes
10
Residual strokes
5
Mandarin
líng
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Glyph

Radical
Residual strokes
5 strokes
Strokes
10 strokes
Mandarin
líng

Definitions by reading

lêng1
Mandarin equivalent líng
Regional readings
19th-century Fucheng lêng1 Chaoyang lêng1 Chenghai lêng1 Jieyang lêng1 Raoping lêng1 Shantou lêng1
铃 <名>
(形声。从金,令声。本义:金属制成的响器。又为打击乐器。形似钟而小)
同本义 [bell]
大祭祀,鸣铃以应鸡人。――《周礼·春官·巾车》
又如:铃杵(一种有柄的铃);铃语(风铃的声音);铃铎(挂在楼阁寺院檐角的铃);铃铛寿星(小儿帽子及手镯上的点缀饰品。寿星钉于帽上,铃铛挂于镯上,因此用于譬喻一切零星的点缀物品)
铃的鸣响或声音,可作为信号 [the tinkle of bells]。如:上、下课铃
铃状物 [anything in the shape of a kell]。 如:铃柝(打更用的梆子);棉铃; 杠铃                                                                  
铃líng

⒈金属制成的响器,中有小锤,振动发音:车~。电~。打~。

⒉像铃状的东西:哑~。棉~。
铃铛,用金属制成的响器:电铃,摇铃上班
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English meaning

bell

GuangyunPhonological reconstruction

1
來母 四等 開口 青韵 平声 郎丁切
Reconstruction:
Original

似鐘而小。