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Translingual

Han character

(radical 46 +12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 山火木手 (UFDQ), four-corner 29759, composition)

  1. precipitous

References

  • KangXi: page 319, character 45
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 8477
  • Dae Jaweon: page 620, character 4
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 799, character 9
  • Unihan data for U+5D99

Chinese

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*rriːn, *rin
*renʔ
*riːn
*rin, *rins
*rin
*rin, *rins
*rin, *rinʔ
*rin, *rins
*rin, *rins
*rin, *rins
*rin
*rin
*rin
*rin
*rin, *rins
*rin, *reːŋ
*rin
*rin, *rins, *reːŋ
*rin
*rinʔ
*rinʔ, *rins
*rinʔ, *rins
*rins
*rins
*rins

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *rin, *rinʔ) : semantic  (mountain) + phonetic  (OC *rins).

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial () (37) (37)
Final () (43) (43)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () III III
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/liɪn/ /liɪnX/
Pan
Wuyun
/lin/ /linX/
Shao
Rongfen
/ljen/ /ljenX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/lin/ /linX/
Li
Rong
/liĕn/ /liĕnX/
Wang
Li
/lĭĕn/ /lĭĕnX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/li̯ĕn/ /li̯ĕnX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
lín lǐn
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 8197 8211
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1 1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*rin/ /*rinʔ/

Definitions

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Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. precipitous

Readings


Korean

Hanja

(rin) (hangeul , revised rin, McCune-Reischauer rin)

  1. precipitous
  2. deep
  3. soar
  4. upright, staunch

Vietnamese

Han character

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References