Memory phrase for the character: 伶




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Meaning

clever

Pronunciation

líng

Explanation

Left: person 亻, right: order, command 令 (A lid on the bent person卩, was ordered)

Mnemonic


 
The person, giving commands should be clever.

Radicals

personThis radical is understood as an identical variant of "person" 人, and shows a person who stands with the legs apart. - This radical has several variation, i.e. a lying person , a sitting 匕 person.
order, commandBased on "bell 铃 líng", this radical 令 can also be understood as a picture of a bell: (The sound of) the bell with the bell mallet マ gives now 今 the command (e.g. to come)
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 Vocabulary

伶俐 líng lì  clever; witty; intelligent
口齿伶俐 kǒu chǐ líng lì  eloquent and fluent speaker (idiom); grandiloquence; the gift of the gab
伶鼬 líng yòu  weasel; Mustela nivalis (zoology)
伶鼬 líng yòu  


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