苓 - Dong Chinese dictionary

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líng

fungus

Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 令 represents the sound.

Components

艹 Meaning component

cao, cǎo

grass

艹 is a component form of 艸.

令 Sound component

lìng, líng, lǐng

command

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

líng

fungus, tuber; licorice; fungus; tuber

Most common words with 苓

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	茯苓	fu ling
	苓	fungus
	猪苓	poria mushroom (Polyporus umbellatus)

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

4194th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

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