嶙峋

嶙峋

Chinese

		ranges of hills	ranges of hills
simp. and trad. (嶙峋)		嶙	峋

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): línxún

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄒㄩㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): leon⁴ seon¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: línxún
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄒㄩㄣˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: linshyun
    • IPA ^(key): /lin³⁵ ɕyn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: leon⁴ seon¹
    • Yale: lèuhn sēun
    • Cantonese Pinyin: loen⁴ soen¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: lên⁴ sên¹
    • IPA ^(key): /lɵn²¹ sɵn⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: /liɪn  siuɪn/▼

Rime
Character	嶙	峋
Reading #	1/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	眞 (43)	諄 (47)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	力珍切	相倫切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/liɪn/	/siuɪn/
Pan Wuyun	/lin/	/sʷin/
Shao Rongfen	/ljen/	/sjuen/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lin/	/swin/
Li Rong	/liĕn/	/siuĕn/
Wang Li	/lĭĕn/	/sĭuĕn/
Bernard Karlgren	/li̯ĕn/	/si̯uĕn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lín	xūn

• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*rin  sqʰʷin/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	嶙	峋
Reading #	1/2	1/1
No.	8197	16386
Phonetic component	粦	匀
Rime group	眞	眞
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	㷠	荀
Old Chinese	/*rin/	/*sqʰʷin/
Notes		見揚雄賦

Adjective

嶙峋

1. (literary, ideophonic, of gullies, cliffs, buildings) craggy; rugged; deep and overlapping
2. (literary, ideophonic, of a mountain, rock, building) towering; lofty
3. (literary, ideophonic, of a person) bony; skinny; gaunt
4. (literary, ideophonic, of a person) upright; upstanding

Derived terms

傲骨嶙峋 怪石嶙峋

瘦骨嶙峋