燐

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See also: 磷
燐 U+71D0, 燐
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-71D0
← 燏
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 燑 →
燐 U+F9EE, 燐
CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F9EE
← 吝
 		CJK Compatibility Ideographs 璘 →

Translingual

Han character

燐 (Kangxi radical 86, 火+12, 16 strokes, cangjie input 火火木手 (FFDQ), four-corner 99859, composition ⿰火粦)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 683, character 5
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 19417
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1095, character 6
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2236, character 10
  • Unihan data for U+71D0

Chinese

trad. 燐
simp. 磷*

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

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 燐 燐
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial (聲) 來 (37) 來 (37)
Final (韻) 眞 (43) 眞 (43)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) III III
Fanqie 力珍切 良刃切
Baxter lin linH
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
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		lan4 lan6
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 燐 燐
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 8194 8218
Phonetic
component 		粦 粦
Rime
group 		眞 眞
Rime
subdivision 		1 1
Corresponding
MC rime 		㷠 遴
Old
Chinese 		/*rin/ /*rins/
Notes 同粦 同粦

Definitions

燐

  1. ignis fatuus
  2. (chemistry) phosphorus

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

燐

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. ignis fatuus
  2. will-o'-the-wisp
  3. phosphorus

Readings

Compounds

Compounds

Etymology

Kanji in this term
燐
りん
Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

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Pronunciation

Noun

燐(りん) or 燐(リン) • (rin) 

  1. phosphorus

Usage notes

The katakana spelling リン is common.

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Korean

Hanja

燐 (eum 린 (rin), word-initial (South Korea) 인 (in))

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Vietnamese

Han character

燐: Hán Việt readings: lân

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