苓 — Chinese character
苓
líng
fungus, tuber; licorice
- Pinyin
- líng
- Radical
- 140 ⾋ (Grass)
- Strokes
- 9
- Components
- 艹 令
- Formation
- pictophonetic — plant; meaning component 艹; sound component 令
- Japanese
- 苓 as a kanji
Common words with 苓
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 茯苓 | fú líng | Wolfiporia extensa (a wood-decay fungus); fu ling; tuckahoe |
| 龟苓膏 (龜苓膏) | guī líng gāo | turtle jelly, medicine made with powdered turtle shell and herbs; a similar product made without turtle shell and consumed as a dessert |
| 猪苓 (豬苓) | zhū líng | poria mushroom (Polyporus umbellatus) |
| 五苓散 | wǔ líng sǎn | wuling powder (decoction of poria mushroom used in TCM); poria five powder |
| 苦苓 | kǔ líng | chinaberry (Melia azedarach) |
English words written with 苓
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.