líng
feather
Phonosemantic compound. 羽 represents the meaning and 令 represents the sound.
Evolution
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Most common words with 翎
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
plume | ||
pheasant tail feathers on warriors' helmets (opera) | ||
feather |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
3417th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 11 |
Unicode | U+7FCE |
Shuowen | 《說文新附》：“翎，羽也。从羽，令聲。” |
Sources
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