铃
(small) bell; CL:隻|只[zhi1]
10 strokes
Dict coverage rank #1,637 U+94C3
How 铃 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
钅 (semantic, “bell”) + 令 (phonetic, lìng)
How to remember it
small bell · Heisig RSH #2438
metal + 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 |
| 怜 | lián | to pity, to sympathize with |
| 伶 | líng | clever; lonely, solitary |
| 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 |
Words containing 铃
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 电话铃声 | diàn huà líng shēng | (telephone) ring; ringing |
| 金铃子 | jīn líng zǐ | chinaberry (Melia azedarach) |
| 转铃儿 | zhuàn líng r | erhua variant of 轉鈴|转铃[zhuan4 ling2] |
| 回铃音 | huí líng yīn | ringback tone |
| 红铃虫 | hóng líng chóng | pink bollworm; Pectinophora gassypiella |
| 五十铃 | Wǔ shí líng | Isuzu |
| 来电答铃 | lái diàn dá líng | (Tw) ringback tone (heard by the originator of a telephone call) |
| 电铃 | diàn líng | electric bell |
| 车铃 | chē líng | bicycle bell |
| 风铃 | fēng líng | wind chimes |
| 门铃 | mén líng | doorbell |
| 打铃 | dǎ líng | to ring a bell |
| 铃木 | Líng mù | Suzuki (Japanese surname) |
| 解铃还须系铃人 | jiě líng hái xū xì líng rén | lit. whoever hung the bell on the tiger's neck must untie it (idiom); fig. whoever started… |
| 转铃 | zhuàn líng | bicycle bell (with a rotating internal mechanism) |
| 铃兰 | líng lán | lily of the valley (Convallaria majalis) |
| 铃声 | líng shēng | ring; ringtone; bell stroke; tintinnabulation |
| 解铃系铃 | jiě líng xì líng | see 解鈴還須繫鈴人|解铃还须系铃人[jie3 ling2 hai2 xu1 xi4 ling2 ren2] |
| 马兜铃科 | mǎ dōu líng kē | Aristolochiaceae (birthwort family) |
| 闹铃时钟 | nào líng shí zhōng | alarm clock |