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羚

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antelope

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Strokes
11
Radical
羊 +5
Structure
Left–right 左右
Traditional
羚
Common rank
#3,080
Unicode
U+7F9A

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Formation & memory

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How 羚 is formed

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

羊 meaning “sheep” + 令 sound ( lìng )

Components 羊 令

Words with 羚

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WordPinyinMeaning
普氏小羚羊 Pǔ shì xiǎo líng yáng Przevalski's gazelle (Procapra przewalskii) of Central Asia
小羚羊 xiǎo líng yáng gazelle
藏羚羊 Zàng líng yáng Tibetan antelope or Chiru (Pantholops hodgsonii)
羚牛 líng niú takin (type of goat-antelope)
扭角羚 niǔ jiǎo líng takin (Budorcas taxicolor); goat-antelope
斑羚 bān líng Nemorhaedus goral, a species of antelope found in Xinjiang
藏羚 Zàng líng Tibetan antelope; Pantholops hodgsonii; chiru
羚羊 líng yáng antelope; CL:隻|只[zhi1]
鹅喉羚 é hóu líng goitered gazelle (Gazella subgutturosa)
臆羚 yì líng chamois (Rupicapra rupicapra)
瞪羚 dèng líng gazelle

Sound family

Characters sharing the sound component 令 — compare how they read.

CharacterPinyinMeaning
令 sound part lìng command, decree, order; magistrate; to allow, to cause
领 lǐng neck, collar; lead, guide
冷 lěng cold, cool; lonely
零 líng zero; fragment, fraction
岭 lǐng mountain ridge, mountain peak
邻 lín neighbor; neighborhood
龄 líng age; years
铃 líng small bell
怜 lián to pity, to sympathize with
伶 líng clever; lonely, solitary
玲 líng the tinkling of jewelry
鸰 líng lark, wagtail; Motacilla species (various)
苓 líng fungus, tuber; licorice
蛉 líng dragonfly, sandfly; Libellulidae
呤 lìng purine
囹 líng prison, enclosure
拎 līn to lift, to haul, to take
翎 líng plume, tail feathers
聆 líng to hear, to listen