嶙

嶙

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

Translingual

Han character

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

References

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

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		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, 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)⁺
    • Pinyin: lín
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄣˊ
    • Wade–Giles: lin²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lin
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lín
    • IPA ^(key): /lin³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: leon⁴
    • Yale: lèuhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: loen⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: lên⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /lɵn²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: /liɪn/▼

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
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

• 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. Only used in 嶙峋 (línxún).

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lǐn (lin³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄣˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: lǐn
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄣˇ
    • Wade–Giles: lin³
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liin
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lǐn
    • IPA ^(key): /lin²¹⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: /liɪn^X/▼

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
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

• 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).

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Japanese

Kanji

嶙

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. mountain range

Readings

• On (unclassified): りん (rin)

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Korean

Hanja

嶙 (eum 린 (rin))

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

嶙: Hán Nôm readings: lân

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References

• Nom Foundation