Memory phrase for the character: 伶

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

亻	person	This 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.
令	order, command	Based 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)

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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