麟
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Translingual
Han character
麟 (Kangxi radical 198, 鹿+12, 23 strokes, cangjie input 戈心火木手 (IPFDQ), four-corner 09259, composition ⿰鹿粦)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 1511, character 20
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 47690
- Dae Jaweon: page 2040, character 5
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4735, character 20
- Unihan data for U+9E9F
Chinese
| trad. | 麟 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. # | 麟 | |
| alternative forms | 麐 | |
Glyph origin
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *rin) : semantic 鹿 (“deer”) + phonetic 粦 (OC *rins).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): leon4
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): lîn
- Eastern Min (BUC): lìng
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lîn
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄣˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: lín
- Wade–Giles: lin2
- Yale: lín
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lin
- Palladius: линь (linʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /lin³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: leon4
- Yale: lèuhn
- Cantonese Pinyin: loen4
- Guangdong Romanization: lên4
- Sinological IPA (key): /lɵn²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lîn
- Hakka Romanization System: linˊ
- Hagfa Pinyim: lin1
- Sinological IPA: /lin²⁴/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: lìng
- Sinological IPA (key): /l̃iŋ⁵³/
- (Fuzhou)
- Southern Min
- Middle Chinese: lin
- Old Chinese
- (Zhengzhang): /*rin/
Definitions
麟
- Used in 麒麟 (qílín, “qilin (propitious mythological beast)”); also used as its short form.
- 麟之趾、振振公子。于嗟麟兮。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]
- From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11th – 7th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
- Lín zhī zhǐ, zhènzhèn gōngzǐ. Yú jiē lín xī.
- The feet of the Lin: the noble sons of our prince. Ah! They are the Lin!
- † big deer
- † Alternative form of 鱗／鳞 (lín, “scale and shell”)
- Used in 麟麟 (línlín, “bright”).
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
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Readings
Korean
Etymology
From Middle Chinese 麟 (MC lin). Recorded as Middle Korean 린 (lin) (Yale: lin) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.
Hanja
麟 (eumhun 기린 린 (girin rin), word-initial (South Korea) 기린 인 (girin in))
Compounds
References
Vietnamese
Han character
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