Dong Chinese dictionary

líng

bell

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

Components

釒 Meaning component

jīn

metal

釒 is a component form of 金.

令 Sound component

lìng, líng, lǐng

command

Evolution

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

líng

bell; (small) bell; CL:隻|只[zhī]

Most common words with 鈴

Sources