líng

fungus

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
艹 meaning component

  Meaning component

caocǎo

  

grass

is a component form of .

令 sound component

  Sound component

lìnglínglǐng

  

command

Evolution

苓 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
苓 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

líng

fungus, tuber; licorice; fungus; tuber

Most common words with 苓
Freq.
Word
Meaning

茯苓

fu ling

fungus

猪苓

poria mushroom (Polyporus umbellatus)