líng

bell

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components
钅 meaning component

  Meaning component

jīn

  

metal

is a component form of .

令 sound component

  Sound component

lìnglínglǐng

  

command

Evolution

铃 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
铃 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
铃 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
铃 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
铃 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

() 

líng

bell; (small) bell; CL:|[zhī]

Most common words with 铃
Freq.
Word
Meaning

(small) bell

铃声

ring

马铃薯

potato

门铃

doorbell

铃铛

little bell