蛉
Information about character(s)
Radical: 虫Radical Strokes: 6
Additional Strokes: 5
Total Strokes: 11
Pronunciation
Pinyin: língCantonese: ling4
JapaneseOn: REI RYOU
Korean: LYENG
Dictionary definitions
Unicode: dragonfly, libellulidaeCE-Dict: sandfly
21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.a variety of dragonfly
說文解字 - Shuowen: 《虫部》蛉 蜻蛉也。从虫令聲。一名桑桹。
康熙字典文字版 【申集中】【虫字部】 蛉
【唐韻】【韻會】𠀤郞丁切,音靈。【玉篇】蜻蛉。詳蜻字註。 又螟蛉。【詩·小雅】螟蛉有子。蜾蠃負之。【傳】螟蛉,桑蟲也。【疏】俗謂之桑蟃,亦呼爲戎女。陸璣云:似步屈,其色靑而細小,或在草萊上。
CF-Dict: moucheron etc.
Han-De-Dict: Sandmücken (u.E.)