伶

(old) actor; actress; (meaningless bound form)

7 strokes Dict coverage rank #2,720 U+4F36

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

亻 (semantic, “person”) + 令 (phonetic, lìng)

components: 亻令

actor · Heisig RSH #2441

人 person + 令 orders

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 令

Siblings built with the same phonetic component 令 (lìng) — compare how they read:

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
令 sound component	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
玲	líng	the tinkling of jewelry
羚	líng	a species of antelope
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

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
伶人	líng rén	(old) actor; actress
机伶	jī ling	variant of 機靈\|机灵[ji1 ling5]
名伶	míng líng	famous actor or actress (Chinese opera)
伶盗龙	líng dào lóng	velociraptor (dinosaur)
口齿伶俐	kǒu chǐ líng lì	eloquent and fluent speaker (idiom); grandiloquence; the gift of the gab
优伶	yōu líng	(old) performing artist; actor; actress
伶牙俐齿	líng yá lì chǐ	clever and eloquent (idiom); fluent; having the gift of the gab
孤苦伶仃	gū kǔ líng dīng	solitary and impoverished (idiom)
聪明伶俐	cōng ming líng lì	(idiom) bright; clever; quick-witted
瘦骨伶仃	shòu gǔ líng dīng	(idiom) emaciated; scrawny
伶鼬	líng yòu	weasel; Mustela nivalis (zoology)
瘦伶仃	shòu líng dīng	emaciated; scrawny
伶俐	líng lì	clever; witty; intelligent; deft; adroit
伶仃	líng dīng	alone and helpless
伶俜	líng pīng	(literary) lonely; all alone; solitary