粼

Translingual

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *rin, *rins) : phonetic 粦 (OC *rins) + semantic 巜.

Han character

粼 (Kangxi radical 119, 米+8, 14 strokes, cangjie input 火手女女 (FQVV), four-corner 9220₀, composition ⿰粦巜)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 910, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 26991
• Dae Jaweon: page 1336, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3152, character 17
• Unihan data for U+7CBC

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Chinese

trad.		粼
simp. #		粼

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
潾	*rriːn, *rin
膦	*renʔ
憐	*riːn
燐	*rin, *rins
鄰	*rin
轔	*rin, *rins
嶙	*rin, *rinʔ
粼	*rin, *rins
磷	*rin, *rins
疄	*rin, *rins
麟	*rin
鱗	*rin
璘	*rin
翷	*rin
瞵	*rin, *rins
獜	*rin, *reːŋ
驎	*rin
鏻	*rin, *rins, *reːŋ
繗	*rin
僯	*rinʔ
橉	*rinʔ, *rins
撛	*rinʔ, *rins
遴	*rins
粦	*rins
甐	*rins

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lín (lin²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): leon⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lín
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lín
    • Wade–Giles: lin²
    • Yale: lín
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lin
    • Palladius: линь (linʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lin³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: leon⁴
    • Yale: lèuhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: loen⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: lên⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɵn²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: lin

Rime
Character	粼
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	眞 (43)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	力珍切
Baxter	lin
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/liɪn/
Pan Wuyun	/lin/
Shao Rongfen	/ljen/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lin/
Li Rong	/liĕn/
Wang Li	/lĭĕn/
Bernard Karlgren	/li̯ĕn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lín
Expected Cantonese Reflex	lan4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*rin/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	粼
Reading #	1/2
No.	8198
Phonetic component	粦
Rime group	眞
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	㷠
Old Chinese	/*rin/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 粼

1. Used in 粼粼 (línlín).

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lǐn (lin³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄣˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lǐn
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄣˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lǐn
    • Wade–Giles: lin³
    • Yale: lǐn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liin
    • Palladius: линь (linʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lin²¹⁴/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 粼

1. Used in 隱粼／隐粼.

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Japanese

Kanji

粼

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): りん (rin)
• Kun: せせらぎ (seseragi)

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Korean

Hanja

粼 • (rin>in) (hangeul 린>인, revised rin>in, McCune–Reischauer rin>in, Yale lin>in)

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