麟
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Translingual edit
Han character edit
麟 (Kangxi radical 198, 鹿+12, 23 strokes, cangjie input 戈心火木手 (IPFDQ), four-corner 09259, composition ⿰鹿粦)
References edit
- Kangxi Dictionary: 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
Chinese edit
trad. | 麟 | |
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simp. # | 麟 | |
alternative forms | 麐 |
Glyph origin edit
Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *rin) : semantic 鹿 (“deer”) + phonetic 粦 (OC *rins).
Pronunciation edit
Definitions edit
麟
- 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. 11th – 7th 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!
- † big deer
- † Alternative form of 鱗/鳞 (lín, “scale and shell”)
- Used in 麟麟 (línlín, “bright”).
Compounds edit
Japanese edit
Kanji edit
麟
(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)
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Readings edit
Korean edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Chinese 麟 (MC lin). Recorded as Middle Korean 린 (lin) (Yale: lin) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.
Hanja edit
麟 (eumhun 기린 린 (girin rin), South Korea 기린 인 (girin in))
Compounds edit
References edit
- 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 edit
Han character edit
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