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

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/

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

(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) dragon
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) 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)

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)

(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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