引领 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

yǐn to pull

Pictograph of a bowstring being pulled back.

Components

弓 Iconic component

gōng bow

丨 Iconic component

gǔn, shù vertical line

Depicts a bowstring being pulled back.

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC

Seal form — Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	yinX	li[n]ʔ	draw the bow
	yinH	li[n]ʔ-s	draw the bow

說文解字

《說文》：“引，開弓也。从弓、丨。”

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

lǐng neck Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 页 represents the meaning and 令 represents the sound. Simplified form of 領.

Components

令 Sound component

lìng command

页 Meaning component

yè page

Depicts a head.

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants: Unicode

lǐng neck Traditional

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

Components

令 Sound component

lìng command

頁 Meaning component

yè (head), page

Depicts a head.

Character Evolution

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Sound (1)

嶺

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	ljengX	[r]eŋʔ	neck

說文解字

《說文》：“領，項也。从頁，令聲。”

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

引 yǐn to pull

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领 lǐng neck Simplified

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領 lǐng neck Traditional

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yǐn to pull

lǐng neck Simplified

lǐng neck Traditional