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麟
麟
Translingual
Han character
麟 (radical 198 鹿+12, 23 strokes, cangjie input 戈心火木手 (IPFDQ), four-corner 09259, composition ⿰鹿粦)
- female of Chinese unicorn
References
- KangXi: page 1511, character 20
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 47690
- Dae Jaweon: page 2040, character 5
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 7, page 4735, character 20
- Unihan data for U+9E9F
Chinese
|
simp. and trad. |
麟 | |
|---|---|---|
Glyph origin
| Characters in the same phonetic series (粦) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
|---|---|
| Old Chinese | |
| 潾 | *rriːn, *rin |
| 膦 | *renʔ |
| 憐 | *riːn |
| 燐 | *rin, *rins |
| 鄰 | *rin |
| 轔 | *rin, *rins |
| 嶙 | *rin, *rinʔ |
| 粼 | *rin, *rins |
| 磷 | *rin, *rins |
| 疄 | *rin, *rins |
| 麟 | *rin |
| 鱗 | *rin |
| 璘 | *rin |
| 翷 | *rin |
| 瞵 | *rin, *rins |
| 獜 | *rin, *reːŋ |
| 驎 | *rin |
| 鏻 | *rin, *rins, *reːŋ |
| 繗 | *rin |
| 僯 | *rinʔ |
| 橉 | *rinʔ, *rins |
| 撛 | *rinʔ, *rins |
| 遴 | *rins |
| 粦 | *rins |
| 甐 | *rins |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *rin) : semantic 鹿 (“deer”) + phonetic 粦 (OC *rins).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄣˊ
- Wade-Giles: lin2
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lin
- IPA (key): /lin³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: leon4
- Yale: lèuhn
- Cantonese Pinyin: loen4
- IPA (key): /lɵn²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lîn
- Tâi-lô: lîn
- Phofsit Daibuun: liin
- IPA (Xiamen): /lin²⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /lin²⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /lin¹³/
- IPA (Taipei): /lin²⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /lin²³/
- (Hokkien)
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 麟 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 來 (37) |
| Final (韻) | 眞 (43) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 力珍切 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/liɪn/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/lin/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/ljen/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/lin/ |
| Li Rong |
/liĕn/ |
| Wang Li |
/lĭĕn/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/li̯ĕn/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
lín |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 麟 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 8201 |
| Phonetic component |
粦 |
| Rime group |
眞 |
| Rime subdivision |
1 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
㷠 |
| Old Chinese |
/*rin/ |
Definitions
麟
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Korean
Hanja
麟 • (rin>in) (hangeul 린>인, revised rin>in, McCune-Reischauer rin>in, Yale lin>in)
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Vietnamese
Han character
麟 (lân)
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