麟

麟 U+9E9F, 麟 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9E9F ← 麞 [U+9E9E] CJK Unified Ideographs 麠 → [U+9EA0]

麟 U+F9F3, 麟 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F9F3 ← 鱗 [U+F9F2] CJK Compatibility Ideographs 林 → [U+F9F4]

Translingual

Han character

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

References

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

• Unihan data for U+F9F3

Chinese

trad.		麟
simp. #		麟
alternative forms		麐

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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *rin): semantic 鹿 (“deer”) + phonetic 粦 (OC *rins).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lín (lin²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): leon⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): lîn
• Min Dong (BUC): lìng
• Min Nan (Hokkien, POJ): lîn

---

• 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/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lîn
    • Hakka Romanization System: lin´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: lin¹
    • Sinological IPA: /lin²⁴/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: lìng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /l̃iŋ⁵³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lîn
    • Tâi-lô: lîn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: liin
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lin²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lin²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lin¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /lin²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lin²³/

---

• Middle Chinese: lin

Rime
Character	麟
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	麟
Reading #	1/1
No.	8201
Phonetic component	粦
Rime group	眞
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	㷠
Old Chinese	/*rin/

Definitions

麟

1. Used in 麒麟 (qílín, “qilin (propitious mythological beast)”); also used as its short form.

   • 麟之趾、振振公子。于嗟麟兮。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]

     From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Lín zhī zhǐ, zhènzhèn gōngzǐ. Yú jiē lín xī. [Pinyin]

     The feet of the Lin: the noble sons of our prince. Ah! They are the Lin!

   1. ^‡ female of qilin
2. ^† big deer
3. ^† Alternative form of 鱗／鳞 (lín, “scale and shell”)
4. Used in 麟麟 (línlín, “bright”).

Compounds

• 舞麒麟 (wǔqílín)
• 薩摩麟／萨摩麟
• 鳳毛麟角／凤毛麟角 (fèngmáo línjiǎo)
• 麒麟 (qílín)
• 麒麟座 (Qílínzuò)
• 麒麟菜 (qílíncài)
• 麟兒／麟儿 (lín'ér)
• 麟史 (Línshǐ)
• 麟子鳳雛／麟子凤雏
• 麟洛 (Línluò)
• 麟牒 (líndié)
• 麟經／麟经 (Línjīng)
• 麟臺／麟台 (líntái)
• 麟角 (línjiǎo)
• 麟角鳳毛／麟角凤毛 (línjiǎo fèngmáo)
• 麟趾 (línzhǐ)
• 麟閣／麟阁 (língé)
• 麟鳳／麟凤 (línfèng)
• 麟鳳龜龍／麟凤龟龙
• 麟麟 (línlín)

 

Japanese

Kanji

麟

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Readings

• Go-on: りん (rin)
• Kan-on: りん (rin)

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 麟 (MC lin). Recorded as Middle Korean 린 (lin) (Yale: lin) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

Hanja

Wikisource

麟 (eumhun 기린 린 (girin rin), South Korea 기린 인 (girin in))

1. Hanja form^? of 린/인 (“giraffe; qilin”).

Compounds

• 기린 (麒麟, girin)
• 인제 (麟蹄, Inje, “Inje County”)
• 기린아 (麒麟兒, girina)
• 기린과 (麒麟科, girin'gwa)

References

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [1]

Vietnamese

Han character

麟: Hán Nôm readings: lân

1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.