龗

See also: 靇

龗 U+9F97, 龗 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9F97 ← 龖 [U+9F96] CJK Unified Ideographs 龘 → [U+9F98]

Translingual

Han character

龗 (Kangxi radical 212, 龍+17, 33 strokes, cangjie input 一月口口心 (MBRRP), composition ⿱霝龍)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1537, character 21
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 48844
• Dae Jaweon: page 2078, character 15
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4806, character 8
• Unihan data for U+9F97

Chinese

simp. and trad.		龗
alternative forms		𪚙 靇 𩄱 𩆇 𩆈

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (霝) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
靈	*reːŋ
霛	*reːŋ
麢	*reːŋ
霝	*reːŋ
醽	*reːŋ
櫺	*reːŋ
蘦	*reːŋ
孁	*reːŋ
龗	*reːŋ
酃	*reːŋ
爧	*reːŋ
欞	*reːŋ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): líng (ling²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ling⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: líng
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: líng
    • Wade–Giles: ling²
    • Yale: líng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ling
    • Palladius: лин (lin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /liŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: ling⁴
    • Yale: lìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ling⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ling⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɪŋ²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: leng

Rime
Character	龗
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	青 (125)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	郎丁切
Baxter	leng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/leŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/leŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/lɛŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lɛjŋ/
Li Rong	/leŋ/
Wang Li	/lieŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/lieŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	líng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ling4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*reːŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	龗
Reading #	1/1
No.	8267
Phonetic component	霝
Rime group	耕
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	靈
Old Chinese	/*reːŋ/

Definitions

龗

1. ^† dragon
2. ^† Alternative form of 靈／灵 (líng, “spirit; good”)

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), C18363

Japanese

Kanji

龗

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. water dragon

Readings

• Go-on: りょう (ryō)^{←りやう (ryau, historical)}
• Kan-on: れい (rei)
• Tō-on: りん (rin)
• Kun: かみ (kami, 龗)、よし (yoshi, 龗)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
龗
おかみ Hyōgai
kun'yomi

⟨okami₁⟩ → */okamʲi/ → /okami/

From Old Japanese.

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [o̞ka̠mʲi]

Noun

龗(おかみ) • (okami) 

1. (Japanese mythology) a dragon kami of water (rain, snow, etc.)

   Synonym: 竜神 (ryūjin)

   • c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 2, poem 104:
     , text here

     吾岡(わがをか)之(の)於可美(おかみ)尓(に)言(いひ)而(て)令落(＊＊)雪(ゆき)之(の)摧(くだけ)之(し)彼所尓(そこに)塵(ちり)家武(けむ) [Man'yōgana]

     我(わ)が岡(をか)のおかみに言(い)ひて降(ふ)らしめし雪(ゆき)のくだけしそこに散(ち)りけむ [Modern spelling]

     waga oka no okami ni iite furashimeshi yuki no kudakeshi soko ni chirikemu

     (please add an English translation of this example)

Derived terms

• 闇(くら)龗(おかみ) (Kuraokami)
• 高(たか)龗(おかみ) (Takaokami)

Korean

Hanja

龗 (eumhun 용 령 (yong ryeong), word-initial (South Korea) 용 영 (yong yeong))

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