Read Edit View history 羚 líng species of antelope Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Phonosemantic compound. 羊 represents the meaning and 令 represents the sound. Components 羊 羊 Meaning component yáng sheep 令 令 Sound component lìng command Historical Pronunciations Old ChineseZhengzhangreːŋ Sources Readings & variants Unicode Historical pronunciations Zhengzhang Shangfang