麟

See also 麟

Translingual

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic 鹿 (“deer”) + phonetic 粦

Han character

麟 (radical 198 鹿+12, 23 strokes, cangjie input 戈心火木手 (IPFDQ), four-corner 0925₉)

1. female of Chinese unicorn

References

• KangXi: page 1511, character 20
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 47690
• Dae Jaweon: page 2040, character 5
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 7, page 4735, character 20
• Unihan data for U+9E9F

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Cantonese

Hanzi

麟 (Yale leun4)

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Japanese

Kanji

麟

Readings

• On: りん (rin)

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Korean

Hanja

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

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Mandarin

Hanzi

麟 (pinyin lín (lin2), Wade-Giles lin²)

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Vietnamese

Han character

麟 (lân)