雞林

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Chinese

fowl; chicken woods; forest
trad. (雞林/鷄林) /
simp. (鸡林)
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Etymology

Named after the rooster that alerted the Silla people of the chest.

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (28) (37)
Final () (39) (139)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () IV III
Fanqie
Baxter kej lim
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kei/ /liɪm/
Pan
Wuyun
/kei/ /lim/
Shao
Rongfen
/kɛi/ /ljem/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kɛj/ /lim/
Li
Rong
/kei/ /liəm/
Wang
Li
/kiei/ /lĭĕm/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/kiei/ /li̯əm/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
lín
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
gai1 lam4

Proper noun

雞林

  1. Gyerim, a forest in western Gyeongju where the progenitor of the Kim clan, the ruling house of Silla, is said to have descended in a golden chest
  2. () (official name from 1308 to 1413) Old name for 慶州庆州 (Qìngzhōu, “Gyeongju”).
  3. (historical, by extension) Silla
  4. (historical, poetic, by extension) Korea
    雞林類事 [MSC, trad.]
    鸡林类事 [MSC, simp.]
    Jīlín lèishì”
    Jilin leishi (a Song-era book on Korea)