Read Edit View history 苓 líng fungus Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 令 represents the sound. Pinyin Separate values with commas líng ×lián × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint 艹 is a component form of 艸. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 苓 Simp strokes 苓 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 苓 Simp strokes 苓 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 苓 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "animcjk", "medians": [ [ [ 196, 663 ], [ 289, 656 ], [ 730, 711 ], [ 844, 698 ] ], [ [ 332, 785 ], [ 387, 745 ], [ 412, 588 ] ], [ [ 618, 834 ], [ 662, 788 ], [ 589, 593 ] ], [ [ 469, 613 ], [ 494, 575 ], [ 390, 442 ], [ 223, 293 ], [ 100, 220 ] ], [ [ 522, 557 ], [ 795, 327 ], [ 986, 310 ] ], [ [ 447, 428 ], [ 526, 384 ], [ 546, 343 ] ], [ [ 296, 260 ], [ 374, 243 ], [ 573, 299 ], [ 621, 289 ], [ 649, 250 ], [ 514, 102 ] ], [ [ 409, 146 ], [ 541, 36 ], [ 583, -43 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M652,680C678,682 734,685 821,679C848,678 860,695 834,714C779,754 720,738 674,730C631,723 631,723 610,720C550,711 487,702 421,693C388,689 388,689 372,687C319,681 264,677 208,670C187,668 183,661 199,651C221,637 240,628 277,632C303,634 350,648 379,651C408,655 408,655 423,657C452,661 556,675 600,677C635,679 635,679 652,680Z", "M421,693C419,716 419,736 419,754C419,767 412,774 400,780C373,793 352,800 337,794C323,790 322,779 333,765C352,740 366,713 372,687C377,663 377,663 379,651C385,620 392,598 403,588C411,581 418,582 422,589C426,602 424,623 423,657C422,681 422,681 421,693Z", "M674,730C680,745 685,761 698,776C707,788 708,795 702,803C692,815 676,828 653,840C640,847 628,848 616,841C608,838 610,832 614,823C623,804 621,769 610,720C603,691 603,691 600,677C589,632 581,603 582,592C582,582 588,581 600,589C610,597 629,628 652,680C667,713 667,713 674,730Z", "M534,564C540,571 546,580 544,588C541,597 530,604 513,610C492,618 477,621 469,618C464,617 460,613 458,602C433,511 315,385 101,225C86,215 88,211 108,213C182,224 324,335 414,427C450,465 482,510 517,546C528,558 528,558 534,564Z", 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Q 361 801 337 794 Q 318 785 333 765 Q 361 731 371 691 Q 371 690 372 687 L 379 651 Q 388 603 403 588 Q 416 578 422 589 Q 428 608 423 659 L 421 693 Z", "M 674 730 Q 681 752 698 776 Q 714 792 702 803 Q 689 822 653 840 Q 635 850 616 841 Q 606 834 614 823 Q 626 793 610 720 L 600 675 Q 581 608 582 592 Q 583 577 600 589 Q 615 601 652 678 L 674 730 Z", "M 534 564 Q 534 565 535 565 Q 547 578 544 588 Q 540 601 513 610 Q 482 622 469 618 Q 462 617 458 602 Q 422 464 101 225 Q 79 209 108 213 Q 220 228 414 427 Q 435 451 456 475 Q 493 520 517 546 L 534 564 Z", "M 517 546 Q 628 422 769 294 Q 791 273 826 277 Q 944 290 980 300 Q 990 304 992 309 Q 992 315 975 321 Q 809 357 749 396 Q 649 465 534 564 C 511 584 497 568 517 546 Z", "M 472 389 Q 494 371 518 349 Q 531 337 546 339 Q 556 340 561 352 Q 565 367 555 395 Q 543 422 465 435 Q 450 438 444 435 Q 440 431 441 419 Q 445 409 472 389 Z", "M 522 96 Q 651 226 689 243 Q 710 250 703 268 Q 700 284 630 322 Q 609 332 586 323 Q 514 299 407 273 Q 379 264 311 269 Q 286 270 295 249 Q 302 236 322 223 Q 355 204 390 224 Q 418 233 559 275 Q 575 281 588 271 Q 601 261 594 246 Q 552 182 505 105 C 489 79 501 75 522 96 Z", "M 505 105 Q 490 120 415 152 Q 406 158 403 145 Q 402 130 413 119 Q 471 61 540 -22 Q 556 -44 571 -50 Q 581 -51 589 -41 Q 602 -28 592 19 Q 585 61 522 96 L 505 105 Z" ] } 8 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation Sources No sources. 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