僯

僯 U+50EF, 僯 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-50EF ← 僮 [U+50EE] CJK Unified Ideographs 僰 → [U+50F0]

Translingual

Han character

僯 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+12, 14 strokes, cangjie input 人火木手 (OFDQ), four-corner 2925₉, composition ⿰亻粦)

1. ashamed

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 117, character 31
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1133
• Dae Jaweon: page 250, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 221, character 7
• Unihan data for U+50EF

Chinese

trad.		僯
simp. #		僯

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 僯
Small seal script s01297
References: Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation), which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including: Shuowen Jiezi (small seal), Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions), Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lǐn (lin³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄣˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): leon⁵, leon⁶

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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/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: leon⁵, leon⁶
    • Yale: léuhn, leuhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: loen⁵, loen⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: lên⁵, lên⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɵn¹³/, /lɵn²²/

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• Middle Chinese: linX

Rime
Character	僯
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	眞 (43)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	良忍切
Baxter	linX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/liɪnX/
Pan Wuyun	/linX/
Shao Rongfen	/ljenX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/linX/
Li Rong	/liĕnX/
Wang Li	/lĭĕnX/
Bernard Karlgren	/li̯ĕnX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lǐn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	lan5

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*rinʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	僯
Reading #	1/1
No.	8212
Phonetic component	粦
Rime group	眞
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	嶙
Old Chinese	/*rinʔ/

Definitions

僯

1. (obsolete) ashamed

Japanese

Kanji

僯

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: りん (rin)
• Kan-on: りん (rin)
• Kun: はじる (hajiru, 僯る)