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U+541D, 吝
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-541D

[U+541C]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+541E]

U+F9ED, 吝
CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F9ED

[U+F9EC]
CJK Compatibility Ideographs
[U+F9EE]

Translingual

Han character

(Kangxi radical 30, +4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 卜大口 (YKR), four-corner 00604, composition )

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 177, character 13
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3327
  • Dae Jaweon: page 394, character 18
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 594, character 4
  • Unihan data for U+541D

Chinese

simp. and trad.
alternative forms

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character
Shang Western Zhou Warring States Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Chu slip and silk script Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts

Etymology

Compare Tibetan སྲི (sri, to be thrifty), Proto-Central-Chin *ren (to economize; frugal) (whence Mizo ren) (Geilich, 1994).

Pronunciation

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Definitions

(deprecated template usage)

  1. stingy; miserly; parsimonious; niggardly
  2. (literary) to regret; to resent
  3. a surname

Synonyms

Compounds

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Japanese

Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. miserly
  2. stingy
  3. sparing

Readings

  • Go-on: りん (rin)
  • Kan-on: りん (rin)
  • Kun: おしむ (oshimu, 吝しむ)しわい (shiwai, 吝い)やぶさか (yabusaka, 吝か)

Compounds


Korean

Hanja

(eum (rin))

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Vietnamese

Han character

: Hán Nôm readings: lận

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Zhuang

Adjective

  1. Sawndip form of ningq (small; young (as a child))