Hanja Analyzer
苓

苓 — ryeong

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
복령(茯苓) 령
Romanization
ryeong
English
fungus, tuber; licorice
Mandarin
líng
Japanese on'yomi
レイ, リョウ, レン, リン
Japanese kun'yomi
みみなぐさ
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
8
Radical
艸 (140, 5 residual)
Phonetic component
令(령)
Unicode
U+82D3

Parts that make up 苓

  • 艹 풀 초variant of 艸 돋아난 풀잎 둘풀·나물·약초. 글자 위에 얹힌다
  • 令 하여금 령sound 무릎 꿇고 명을 받는 사람시키는 일. ‘령’ 계열의 소리

How 苓 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 苓 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 艸, 令.

Japanese words with 苓

  • 茯苓ぶくりょう Poria cocos (species of basidiomycete used in Chinese medicine)
  • 猪苓ちょれい umbrella polypore sclerotium (used as a diuretic, antipyretic, and antitussive in traditional Chinese medicine)
  • 土茯苓どぶくりょう Smilax glabra (species of sarsaparilla, used esp. to refer to its dried rhizome, used in Chinese medicine)
  • 猪苓舞茸ちょれいまいたけ umbrella polypore (Polyporus umbellatus)
  • 桂枝茯苓丸けいしぶくりょうがん keishibukuryōgan; traditional Chinese medicine prescribed for gynecological disorders

Characters sharing the phonetic 令

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike. Most of this group are read “령” in Korean.

伶 冷 命 囹 岭 怜 泠 玲 笭 羚 翎 聆 蛉 軨 鈴 零 領 鴒 齡

Other hanja read “령”

令 伶 另 呤 呬 囹 姈 岭 岺 嶺 怜 昤 欞 泠 灵 玲 秢 笭 羚 翎 聆 蛉 軨 逞 鈴 零 霊 靈 領 鴒 鹷 齡

Other hanja with radical 艸

艸 艽 艾 芃 芄 芈 芊 芋 芍 芎 芐 芑 芒 芔 芘 芙 芚 芝 芟 芡 芢 芣 芥 芦 芧 芨 芩 芪 芫 芬 芭 芮 芯 芰 花 芳 芷 芸 芹 芻 芼 芽 芾 芿 苅 苑 苒 苔 苕 苗 苙 苛 苜 苞 苟 苠 苡 苢 苣 若

Some glosses are machine-generated. Sources and licences are listed together — sources and licences