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琳

琳

See also: 玪

Translingual

Han character

琳 (radical 96 玉+8, 12 strokes, cangjie input 一土木木 (MGDD), four-corner 14190)

  1. beautiful jade, gem

References

  • KangXi: page 735, character 9
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 21077
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1147, character 7
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1120, character 8
  • Unihan data for U+7433

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 琳

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (林) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
婪 *ɡ·ruːm
惏 *ɡ·ruːm
啉 *ɡ·ruːm
漤 *ɡ·ruːmʔ
醂 *ɡ·ruːmʔ
林 *ɡ·rɯm
琳 *ɡ·rɯm
淋 *ɡ·rɯm, *ɡ·rɯms
痳 *ɡ·rɯm
箖 *ɡ·rɯm
霖 *ɡ·rɯm
菻 *ɡ·rɯmʔ, *ɡ·rɯms
罧 *slɯmʔ, *srɯms
棽 *r̥ʰɯm, *srɯm
綝 *r̥ʰɯm
郴 *r̥ʰɯm
禁 *krɯm, *krɯms
襟 *krɯm
僸 *krɯms, *ŋɡrɯmʔ
澿 *ɡrɯm
噤 *ɡrɯmʔ, *ɡrɯms
凚 *ɡrɯmʔ, *ɡrɯms
齽 *ɡrɯms

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 琳
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 來 (37)
Final (韻) 侵 (139)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 力尋切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /liɪm/
Pan
Wuyun		 /lim/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ljem/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /lim/
Li
Rong		 /liəm/
Wang
Li		 /lĭĕm/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /li̯əm/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 lín
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 琳
Reading # 1/1
No. 8166
Phonetic
component		 林
Rime
group		 侵
Rime
subdivision		 1
Corresponding
MC rime		 林
Old
Chinese		 /*ɡ·rɯm/

Definitions

琳

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Japanese

Kanji

琳

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

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Readings

Korean

Hanja

琳 • ‎(rim>im) (hangeul 림>임, revised rim>im, McCune-Reischauer rim>im, Yale lim>im)

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Vietnamese

Han character

琳 (lâm, lam)

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