嶙

嶙 U+5D99, 嶙 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5D99 ← 嶘 [U+5D98] CJK Unified Ideographs 嶚 → [U+5D9A]

Translingual

Han character

嶙 (Kangxi radical 46, 山+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 山火木手 (UFDQ), four-corner 2975₉, composition ⿰山粦)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 319, character 45
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 8477
• Dae Jaweon: page 620, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 799, character 9
• Unihan data for U+5D99

Chinese

trad.		嶙
simp. #		嶙

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／形声, OC *rin, *rinʔ) : semantic 山 (“mountain”) + phonetic 粦 (OC *rins).

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lín (lin²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): leon⁴

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• 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/

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• Middle Chinese: lin

Rime
Character	嶙
Reading #	1/2
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	嶙
Reading #	1/2
No.	8197
Phonetic component	粦
Rime group	眞
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	㷠
Old Chinese	/*rin/

Definitions

嶙

1. towering hills and lofty mountain ranges

   嶙峋  ―  línxún  ―  towering; craggy

Compounds

• 傲骨嶙峋 (àogǔ línxún)
• 岭嶙
• 峋嶙
• 㟒嶙
• 峮嶙
• 嶙囷
• 嶙嶙
• 嶙嶒
• 嶺嶙／岭嶙
• 嶾嶙
• 怪石嶙峋
• 瘦骨嶙峋 (shòugǔlínxún)
• 瘦骨嶙嶙
• 隱嶙／隐嶙

 

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lǐn (lin³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄣˇ

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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/

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• Middle Chinese: linX

Rime
Character	嶙
Reading #	2/2
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	嶙
Reading #	2/2
No.	8211
Phonetic component	粦
Rime group	眞
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	嶙
Old Chinese	/*rinʔ/

Definitions

嶙

1. Only used in 嶾嶙 (yǐnlǐn).

Japanese

Kanji

嶙

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. mountain range

Readings

• On (unclassified): りん (rin)

Korean

Hanja

嶙 (eum 린 (rin))

1. precipitous
2. deep
3. soar
4. upright, staunch

Vietnamese

Han character

嶙: Hán Nôm readings: lân

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References

• Nom Foundation