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See also:
U+9C57, 鱗
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9C57

[U+9C56]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+9C58]
U+F9F2, 鱗
CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F9F2

[U+F9F1]
CJK Compatibility Ideographs
[U+F9F3]

Translingual

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Han character

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(Kangxi radical 195, +12, 23 strokes, cangjie input 弓火火木手 (NFFDQ), four-corner 29359, composition )

Derived characters

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References

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1478, character 22
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 46502
  • Dae Jaweon: page 2010, character 1
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4715, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+9C57

Bailang

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Etymology

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From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-r(i/u)ŋ. Related to Burmese ရှည် (hrany, long), Tibetan རིང (ring, long).

Adjective

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(*riŋ)

  1. long

Alternative forms

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References

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  • Hill, Nathan W. (2017) “Songs of the Bailang: A New Transcription with Etymological Commentary”, in Bulletin de l'École française d'Extrême-Orient[1], volume 103, pages 386—429

Chinese

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trad.
simp.
alternative forms 魿⿰鱼令
⿰鱼今
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Glyph origin

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Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声, OC *rin) : semantic (fish) + phonetic (OC *rins).

Pronunciation

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Note:
  • sa̿ing - vernacular;
  • lěng - literary.
Note:
  • lân - colloquial;
  • lîn - literary.
Note:
  • lang5 - vernacular;
  • ling5 - literary.

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (37)
Final () (43)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () III
Fanqie
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
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
lín
Middle
Chinese
‹ lin ›
Old
Chinese
/*C.r[ə][n]/
English scale of fish or reptile

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

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] 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
Reading # 1/1
No. 8202
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*rin/

Definitions

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  1. scale (of a fish, reptile, etc)
  2. scaly
  3. fish (and other scaly animals)
  4. a surname

Synonyms

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Compounds

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References

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Japanese

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Kanji

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(Jinmeiyō kanji)

  1. scales
  2. scaly

Readings

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  • Go-on: りん (rin)
  • Kan-on: りん (rin)
  • Kun: うろこ (uroko, )

Compounds

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Etymology 1

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Kanji in this term
うろこ
Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

From iroko.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(うろこ) (uroko

  1. scale (of a fish, reptile, etc)
  2. (typography) serif (on Chinese characters)
See also
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  • セリフ (serifu): serif (on European letters)

Etymology 2

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Kanji in this term
いろこ
Jinmeiyō
irregular

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(いろこ) (iroko

  1. scale (of a fish, reptile, etc)
  2. scaled animal
  3. dandruff

Etymology 3

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Kanji in this term
うろくず
Jinmeiyō
irregular

From irokuzu.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(うろくず) (urokuzuうろくづ (urokudu)?

  1. scale of a fish
  2. fish

Etymology 4

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Kanji in this term
いろくず
Jinmeiyō
irregular

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(いろくず) (irokuzuいろくづ (irokudu)?

  1. scale (of a fish, reptile, etc)
  2. scaled animal

Etymology 5

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Kanji in this term
こけ
Jinmeiyō
irregular

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(こけ) (koke

  1. scale (of a fish, reptile, etc)

Etymology 6

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Kanji in this term
こけら
Jinmeiyō
irregular

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(こけら) (kokera

  1. scale (of a fish, reptile, etc)

Etymology 7

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Kanji in this term
りん
Jinmeiyō
on'yomi

From Middle Chinese (lin).

Pronunciation

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Counter

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(りん) (-rin

  1. counter for scales of a fish
  2. counter for fish

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Korean

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Hanja

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(eumhun 비늘 (bineul rin), word-initial (South Korea) 비늘 (bineul in))

  1. scale (of fish or reptiles)

Kunigami

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Kanji

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(Jinmeiyō kanji)

Etymology

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Cognate with mainland Japanese (uroko).

Noun

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(いりちー) (irichī

  1. scale (of a fish, reptile, etc)
  2. dandruff

Okinawan

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Kanji

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(Jinmeiyō kanji)

  1. scale

Readings

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Etymology

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Cognate with mainland Japanese (uroko).

Noun

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(いりち) (irichi

  1. scale (of a fish, reptile, etc)
  2. dandruff

Vietnamese

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Han character

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: Hán Nôm readings: lân

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