玎玲
dīng​líng

tinkle

玎 dīng jingling

Components

王
王 Meaning component
wáng king

jade

丁
丁 Sound component
dīng cubes

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangrteːŋ
teːŋ

說文解字

玉聲也。从玉丁聲。齊太公子伋謚曰玎公。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

玲 líng tinkling of jade

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

Components

王
王 Meaning component
wáng king
令
令 Sound component
lìng command

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangreːŋ
Unicodeleng

說文解字

玉聲。从玉令聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)