Keyword
fungus
- tuber
- licorice
- Frequency
- #4474
- Strokes
- 8
Readings
líng
Mnemonic
艹 (plant) gives the meaning and 令 the sound.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
茯苓
Wolfiporia extensa (a wood-decay fungus); fu ling; tuckahoe
苓
fungus; tuber
龟苓膏
turtle jelly, medicine made with powdered turtle shell and herbs; a similar product made without turtle shell and consumed as a dessert
猪苓
poria mushroom (Polyporus umbellatus)
五苓散
wuling powder (decoction of poria mushroom used in TCM); poria five powder; Hoelen five powder; five ling powder