翎

líng

Meanings

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líng

1.tail feathers
2.plume

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Wiktionary

1.long, stiff feather on the wings or tail of a bird; (by extension) bird's feather
2.wing (of an insect)
3.arrow feather
4.feather on an official's hat (used for decoration and displaying his rank)

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Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *reːŋ): phonetic 令 (OC *ren, *reŋ, *reŋs, *reːŋ, *reːŋs) + semantic 羽 (“feather”).

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Stroke order

Components

翎令羽

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Derived terms

白翎雀翎子翎毛翎毛畫翎毛画翎花花翎藍翎蓝翎雁翎刀雉雞翎雉鸡翎鵝翎扇鹅翎扇鵰翎扇雕翎扇

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Related words

翎毛 feather 翎子 peacock feathers on an official's hat displaying his rank (traditional)白翎岛 Baengnyeong Island of South Korea, near the Northern Limit Line 白翎面 Baengnyeong township (South Korea)