凜

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See also: 凛
凜 U+51DC, 凜
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-51DC
← 凛
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 凝 →
凜 U+F954, 凜
CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F954
← 肋
 		CJK Compatibility Ideographs 凌 →

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

凜 (Kangxi radical 15, 冫+13, 15 strokes, cangjie input 戈一卜田木 (IMYWD), four-corner 30191, composition ⿰冫稟)

  1. shiver with cold or fear
  2. fearful

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 133, character 44
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1717
  • Dae Jaweon: page 298, character 25
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 301, character 13
  • Unihan data for U+51DC

Chinese

trad. 凜
simp. 凛

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 凜
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script
Characters in the same phonetic series (禀) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
燷 *b·ruːm
壈 *b·ruːmʔ
燣 *b·ruːmʔ
顲 *b·ruːmʔ, *b·ruːms, *b·rumʔ
稟 *prɯmʔ
廩 *b·rɯmʔ
懍 *b·rɯmʔ
凜 *b·rɯmʔ, *ɡrɯm
癛 *b·rɯmʔ
檁 *b·rɯmʔ

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 凜 凜
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial (聲) 群 (30) 來 (37)
Final (韻) 侵 (140) 侵 (139)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) III III
Fanqie 巨金切 力稔切
Baxter gim limX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ɡˠiɪm/ /liɪmX/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ɡᵚim/ /limX/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ɡiem/ /ljemX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/gjim/ /limX/
Li
Rong 		/ɡjəm/ /liəmX/
Wang
Li 		/ɡĭĕm/ /lĭĕmX/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/gi̯əm/ /li̯əmX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		qín lǐn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		kam4 lam5
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 凜
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		lǐn
Middle
Chinese 		‹ limX ›
Old
Chinese 		/*mʔ/
English cold

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

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * 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 凜 凜
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 909 913
Phonetic
component 		禀 禀
Rime
group 		侵 侵
Rime
subdivision 		1 1
Corresponding
MC rime 		廩 琴
Old
Chinese 		/*b·rɯmʔ/ /*ɡrɯm/

Definitions

凜

  1. freezing cold
    凜冽／凛冽  ―  lǐnliè  ―  freezing cold
  2. solemn
    凜然／凛然  ―  lǐnrán  ―  stern; awe-inspiring
  3. (literary) fearful (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

凜

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

Readings

  • Go-on: りん (rin)←りむ (rimu, historical)
  • Kan-on: りん (rin)←りむ (rimu, historical)
  • Kun: きびしい (kibishii, 凜い)

Proper noun

凜(りん) • (Rin) 

  1. a female given name

Korean

Hanja

凜 (eum 름 (reum))

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Vietnamese

Han character

凜: Hán Nôm readings: lẫm

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