吝

吝 U+541D, 吝
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-541D
← 吜
[U+541C] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 吞 →
[U+541E]

TranslingualEdit

Han characterEdit

吝 (radical 30, 口+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 卜大口 (YKR), four-corner 00604, composition ⿱文口)

Derived charactersEdit

ReferencesEdit

  • KangXi: 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

ChineseEdit

simp. and trad.
 吝
alternative forms
 
恡
悋
㖁
𠫤
𠯛
恡
悋
㖁
𠫤
𠯛
𠯌
𠳈
𠳺
𠲲
𠳻
𠴽
𢙵

Glyph originEdit

Historical forms of the character 吝
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
         
Characters in the same phonetic series (吝) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
麐 *m·rin, *m·rins
吝 *m·rins
悋 *m·rins

PronunciationEdit

Rime
Character 吝
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 來 (37)
Final (韻) 眞 (43)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 良刃切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/liɪnH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/linH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ljenH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/linH/
Li
Rong 		/liĕnH/
Wang
Li 		/lĭĕnH/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/li̯ĕnH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		lìn
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 吝
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		lìn
Middle
Chinese 		‹ linH ›
Old
Chinese 		/*mə.rə[n]-s/
English stingy

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 吝
Reading # 1/1
No. 8230
Phonetic
component 		吝
Rime
group 		眞
Rime
subdivision 		1
Corresponding
MC rime 		遴
Old
Chinese 		/*m·rins/
Notes 本文聲

DefinitionsEdit

吝

  1. stingy; miserly; parsimonious
  2. A surname​.

SynonymsEdit

Dialectal synonyms of 吝嗇 (“stingy; miserly”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 吝, 嗇, 慳, 吝嗇, 慳吝
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 吝嗇, 小氣, 慳吝
Mandarin Beijing 摳, 摳兒, 摳門兒, 小摳兒, 死摳兒, 摳搜, 摳唆, 嗇刻
Tianjin 摳兒, 摳門兒, 摳唆, 死摳兒, 窮摳兒
Langfang 摳
Tangshan 摳惜
Cangzhou 摳兒
Baoding 摳, 窮摳
Shijiazhuang 摳, 老摳兒
Daming 老摳兒
Chifeng 吝嗇, 摳兒
Hailar 小摳兒, 小氣
Harbin 摳, 摳門兒, 小摳兒, 摳搜, 小氣, 夾夾咕咕, 玍屄
Shenyang 吝嗇, 小摳, 摳
Muping 摳, 摳搜
Qingdao 奸, 拤古
Jinan 摳, 摳門兒, 小氣
Luoyang 摳唆, 小氣, 吝嗇
Wanrong 摳, 小氣
Zhengzhou 摳, 尖
Xi'an 吝嗇, 嗇皮, 摳, 小氣
Yinchuan 摳搜, 薄嗇, 嗇, 小氣
Lanzhou 摳搜, 嗇皮, 嗇, 小氣
Xining 摳, 摳皮, 細詳, 搜, 小氣
Ürümqi 摳, 摳搜, 嗇皮, 小氣
Wuhan 吝嗇, 摳, 慳, 小氣
Chengdu 摳, 小氣, 苟, 嗇
Chongqing 吝嗇, 夾, 財, 老默, 摳
Guiyang 摳, 夾摳, 夾殼, 小氣
Kunming 吝嗇, 小氣, 秀, 秀氣郎當
Guilin 摳
Liuzhou 吝嗇, 摳, 沙, 小氣
Xuzhou 搜, 摳, 搜摳兒, 搜摳, 搜屄摳兒, 薄氣, 不出血
Yangzhou 摳, 小氣, 嗇掐, 嗇苛, 嗇, 吝嗇
Nanjing 摳, 嗇, 小氣, 尿日鬼
Hefei 摳, 小氣
Nantong 小氣, 嗇掐
Singapore 吝嗇
Cantonese Guangzhou 孤寒, 慳濕, 鐸叔, 眼緊
Hong Kong 孤寒, 鐸叔
Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) 孤寒
Macau 孤寒
Panyu 孤寒
Huadu (Huashan) 孤寒
Conghua 孤寒
Zengcheng 孤寒
Foshan 孤寒
Nanhai (Shatou) 孤寒
Shunde 孤寒
Sanshui 孤寒
Gaoming (Mingcheng) 孤寒
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 孤寒
Zhuhai (Qianshan) 孤寒
Doumen (Shangheng Tanka) 孤寒
Doumen 孤寒
Jiangmen (Baisha) 孤寒
Xinhui 孤寒
Taishan 孤寒
Kaiping (Chikan) 孤寒
Enping (Niujiang) 耳屎, 孤寒
Heshan (Yayao) 孤寒
Dongguan 孤寒, 縮骨
Bao'an (Shajing) 孤寒
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) 孤寒
Danzhou 細氣
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) 小氣
Móng Cái 孤寒
Gan Nanchang 嗇, 小氣
Lichuan 慳吝, 小氣
Pingxiang 肋嗇, 嗇魔, 小氣
Hakka Meixian 齧, 齧察, 歪, 孤寒, 皮西艾曬
Xingning 歪
Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) 孤寒
Huidong (Daling) 小氣, 孤寒
Dongguan (Qingxi) 孤寒
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 孤寒
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 孤寒
Qujiang 孤寒
Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) 孤寒
Changting 癄
Wuping 齧
Wuping (Pingyu) 歪, 齧察
Ninghua 精
Yudu 小氣, 小相
Ruijin 小氣
Shangyou 精, 小氣
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 齧, 齧察, 鹹合澀, 鹹澀
Liudui (S. Sixian) 齧, 齧察, 齧唧, 鹹合澀, 鹹澀
Hsinchu (Hailu) 齧, 齧察, 齧合澀, 澀齧
Dongshi (Dabu) 齧, 齧察, 鹹合澀
Hsinchu (Raoping) 齧察, 齧合澀
Yunlin (Zhao'an) 硞, 虯, 鹹合澀
Huizhou Jixi 小毛, 小氣, 小鬼
Shexian 小氣, 吃小米
Jin Taiyuan 小氣, 摳索, 吝嗇
Xinzhou 鬼祟, 小氣
Linhe 憋, 缺
Jining 摳
Hohhot 小氣
Zhangjiakou 摳門兒, 摳, 吝嗇
Handan 小氣, 摳兒門兒, 摳兒, 嗇結頭
Min Bei Jian'ou 嗇鄙
Songxi 小氣
Zhenghe 嗇鄙
Jianyang 嗇鄙
Wuyishan 嗇
Pucheng (Shibei) 嗇
Min Dong Fuzhou 貽順, 奸狡, 奸狡利
Fuqing 小氣, 𣍐捨, 奸小利
Min Nan Xiamen 枵鬼, 譴相, 小鄙臉, 貓, 貓神, 貓𡳞 vulgar, 貓潲 vulgar, 㾀屎 vulgar, 鹹, 澀, 鹹澀, 鹹掛澀, 雞孫, 凍霜, 攝屎, 鄙釐, 虯, 竭, 𣍐做儂
Quanzhou 枵鬼, 譴相, 貓, 貓𡳞 vulgar, 貓潲 vulgar, 㾀屎 vulgar, 鹹, 澀, 鹹澀, 鹹掛澀, 雞孫, 捻𡳞 vulgar, 捻, 鄙釐, 虯, 𣍐做儂
Zhangzhou 枵鬼, 小鬼臉, 㾀屎庀 vulgar, 鹹, 澀, 鹹澀, 鹹澀韌, 蟯, 蟯鬼, 蟯疕, 桶庀, 鄙釐, 毛絲, 虯, 𣍐做儂, 雞攝膣, 攝雞膣, 攝屎, 𠢕儉
Zhangpu 枝釐
Yunxiao 夾絲
Taipei 牛螕, 凍霜, 鹹澀
Kaohsiung 牛螕, 凍霜, 鹹澀, 硞
Tainan 虯, 苛頭, 凍霜, 硞, 鹹澀
Taichung 凍霜, 硞, 硞仔頭
Wuqi 凍霜
Hsinchu 凍霜, 鹹澀, 㾀屎 vulgar, 鹹
Taitung 凍霜
Lukang 虯, 凍霜, 硞, 鹹澀
Sanxia 牛螕, 苛頭, 凍霜, 鹹澀
Yilan 凍霜, 貓筩, 鹹澀, 虯
Kinmen 凍霜, 孤霜, 鹹澀
Magong 凍霜, 孤霜, 鹹澀, 牛螕, 虯
Penang (Hokkien) 鹹澀, 鹹
Singapore (Hokkien) 枵鬼, 貓, 鹹, 澀, 鹹澀, 鹹掛澀, 貓潲 vulgar, 貓𡳞 vulgar, 㾀屎 vulgar
Manila (Hokkien) 鹹澀
Datian 澀鼻
Chaozhou 鹹澀
Shantou 鹹澀
Jieyang 鹹澀
Singapore (Teochew) 鹹澀, 貓
Leizhou 刺麻
Wenchang 鹹澀, 細氣
Haikou 鹹澀
Puxian Min Putian 鹹澀
Xianyou 鹹澀
Zhongshan Min Shaxi (Longdu) 孤寒
Sanxiang 孤寒, 孽屎
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 小氣, 小相
Wu Shanghai 小氣, 密屑, 賅刁, 摳, 刮皮, 酷, 刁, 勿爽氣
Chongming 小氣
Suzhou 小氣, 掐
Wuxi 小氣, 嗇
Changzhou 小氣
Danyang 嗇掐, 小氣
Hangzhou 小氣
Ningbo 小氣, 刮皮
Wenzhou 小氣, 吃不得
Jinhua 小氣, 刻嗇, 貓涴
Xiang Changsha 小氣, 摳, 下
Loudi 小相

CompoundsEdit

JapaneseEdit

KanjiEdit

吝

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. miserly
  2. stingy
  3. sparing

ReadingsEdit

CompoundsEdit

KoreanEdit

HanjaEdit

吝 (eum 린 (rin))

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VietnameseEdit

Han characterEdit

吝: Hán Nôm readings: lận

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ZhuangEdit

AdjectiveEdit

吝

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