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Translingual

Han character

(radical 112 +12, 17 strokes, cangjie input 一口火木手 (MRFDQ), four-corner 19659, composition)

  1. phosphorus

References

  • KangXi: page 836, character 29
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24481
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1253, character 27
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2457, character 7
  • Unihan data for U+78F7

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, *rins) : semantic  (stone) + phonetic  (OC *rins).

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial () (37) (37)
Final () (43) (43)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () III III
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/liɪn/ /liɪnH/
Pan
Wuyun
/lin/ /linH/
Shao
Rongfen
/ljen/ /ljenH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/lin/ /linH/
Li
Rong
/liĕn/ /liĕnH/
Wang
Li
/lĭĕn/ /lĭĕnH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/li̯ĕn/ /li̯ĕnH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
lín lìn
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 8199 8216
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1 1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*rin/ /*rins/
Notes

Definitions

  1. phosphorus
  2. water rushing between

Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. phosphorus (element)
  2. water rushing between rocks

Readings


Korean

Hanja

(rin>in) (hangeul 린>, revised rin>in, McCune-Reischauer rin>in, Yale lin>in)

  1. water flowing between stones
  2. steep

Vietnamese

Han character

(lân, lấn)

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Readings

  • Nôm: lân, lấn

References

  • Thiều Chửu : Hán Việt Tự Điển Hà Nội 1942
  • Trần Văn Chánh: Từ Điển Hán Việt NXB Trẻ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999
  • Vũ Văn Kính: Đại Tự Điển Chữ Nôm , NXB Văn Nghệ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999