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Definition 2024


Translingual

Han character

(radical 73 +10, 14 strokes, cangjie input 中中木田火 (LLDWF), four-corner 55096, composition)

References


Chinese

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*l'iːns
*l̥ʰin, *hlin
*hlin
*hlin
*hlin
*hlin
*hlin, *hlins
*hlin
*hlin
*hlins
*hlin
*lins

Pronunciation



Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
yǐn
Middle
Chinese
‹ yinH ›
Old
Chinese
/*li[n](ʔ)-s/
English a kind of drum

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 11246
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1
Corresponding
MC rime
𦙍
Old
Chinese
/*lins/
Notes 駿

Definitions

  1. ancient percussion music using snare drums