惏

惏 U+60CF, 惏 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-60CF ← 惎 [U+60CE] CJK Unified Ideographs 惐 → [U+60D0]

Translingual

Han character

惏 (radical 61, 心+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 心木木 (PDD), four-corner 9409₀, composition ⿰忄林)

References

• KangXi: page 390, character 30
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 10785
• Dae Jaweon: page 724, character 26
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2314, character 1
• Unihan data for U+60CF

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Chinese

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (林) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
婪	*ɡ·ruːm
惏	*ɡ·ruːm
啉	*ɡ·ruːm
漤	*ɡ·ruːmʔ
醂	*ɡ·ruːmʔ
林	*ɡ·rɯm
琳	*ɡ·rɯm
淋	*ɡ·rɯm, *ɡ·rɯms
痳	*ɡ·rɯm
箖	*ɡ·rɯm
霖	*ɡ·rɯm
菻	*ɡ·rɯmʔ, *ɡ·rɯms
罧	*slɯmʔ, *srɯms
棽	*r̥ʰɯm, *srɯm
綝	*r̥ʰɯm
郴	*r̥ʰɯm
禁	*krɯm, *krɯms
襟	*krɯm
僸	*krɯms, *ŋɡrɯmʔ
澿	*ɡrɯm
噤	*ɡrɯmʔ, *ɡrɯms
凚	*ɡrɯmʔ, *ɡrɯms
齽	*ɡrɯms

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ɡ·ruːm): semantic 忄 (“heart”) + phonetic 林 (OC *ɡ·rɯm).

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of 惏 – see 婪 (“to covet; to be avaricious; to be greedy”). (This character, 惏, is a variant form of 婪.)

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.		惏

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lín (lin²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lam⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: lín
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄣˊ
    • Wade–Giles: lin2
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lin
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lín
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lin³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: lam⁴
    • Yale: làhm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lam⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: lem⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɐm²¹/

Definitions

惏

1. Only used in 惏悷 (línlì) and 惏慄／惏栗 (línlì).

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Japanese

Kanji

惏

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. avaricious
2. greedy
3. cold

Readings

• On (unclassified): らん (ran); りん (rin)
• Kun: むさぼる (musaboru)

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Korean

Hanja

惏 • (ram>nam) (hangeul 람>남, revised ram>nam, McCune–Reischauer ram>nam, Yale lam>nam)

1. desire
2. acquisitive
3. cold
4. tremble
5. chilly
6. sorrow

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Vietnamese

Han character

惏: Hán Nôm readings: lầm

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