Wei Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Bamboo (zhú) Ling Kangxi strokes: 11 Page 881, Entry 05 Pronounced ling. According to the Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen Jiezi), it refers to the side boards of a carriage. Another definition describes it as a bamboo basket. According to the Extended Glossary (Guangyun), it refers to a cage. According to the Explanation of Names (Shiming), a platform inside a boat used for placing items is called a ling, which implies a bamboo matting placed upon a frame. People in the south call it a lingtu, implying that moisture and leaking water flow through it from below. According to the Sea of Chapters (Pianhai), it refers to a small basket (lingxing). According to the Extended Glossary (Guangyun), it is written as lingqing. According to the New Discourses of the Great Tang (Datang Xinyu), it refers to fishing equipment called lingsxing. Pronounced ling. The meaning is the same. Pronounced ling. Ling refers to a mat within a carriage.