琳

琳

See also: 玪

琳 U+7433, 琳 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7433 ← 琲 [U+7432] CJK Unified Ideographs 琴 → [U+7434]

Translingual

Han character

琳 (Kangxi radical 96, 玉+8, 12 strokes, cangjie input 一土木木 (MGDD), four-corner 1419₀, composition ⿰𤣩林)

Derived characters

• 𬰋

References

• KangXi: page 735, character 9
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 21077
• Dae Jaweon: page 1147, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1120, character 8
• Unihan data for U+7433

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		琳

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (林) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
婪	*ɡ·ruːm
惏	*ɡ·ruːm
啉	*ɡ·ruːm
漤	*ɡ·ruːmʔ
醂	*ɡ·ruːmʔ
林	*ɡ·rɯm
琳	*ɡ·rɯm
淋	*ɡ·rɯm, *ɡ·rɯms
痳	*ɡ·rɯm
箖	*ɡ·rɯm
霖	*ɡ·rɯm
菻	*ɡ·rɯmʔ, *ɡ·rɯms
罧	*slɯmʔ, *srɯms
棽	*r̥ʰɯm, *srɯm
綝	*r̥ʰɯm
郴	*r̥ʰɯm
禁	*krɯm, *krɯms
襟	*krɯm
僸	*krɯms, *ŋɡrɯmʔ
澿	*ɡrɯm
噤	*ɡrɯmʔ, *ɡrɯms
凚	*ɡrɯmʔ, *ɡrɯms
齽	*ɡrɯms

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lín (lin²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lam⁴
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): lîm

  (Teochew, Peng'im): lim⁵

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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)⁺
    • Jyutping: lam⁴
    • Yale: làhm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lam⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: lem⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɐm²¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lîm
    • Tâi-lô: lîm
    • Phofsit Daibuun: liim
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lim²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lim²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lim¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /lim²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lim²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: lim⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lîm
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lim⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: /liɪm/

Rime
Character	琳
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	侵 (139)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	力尋切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/liɪm/
Pan Wuyun	/lim/
Shao Rongfen	/ljem/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lim/
Li Rong	/liəm/
Wang Li	/lĭĕm/
Bernard Karlgren	/li̯əm/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lín
Expected Cantonese Reflex	lam4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡ·rɯm/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	琳
Reading #	1/1
No.	8166
Phonetic component	林
Rime group	侵
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	林
Old Chinese	/*ɡ·rɯm/

Definitions

琳

1. beautiful jade

   • 《禹貢》曰：「璆琳琅玕」者，此則土地所生真玉珠也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     《禹贡》曰：“璆琳琅玕”者，此则土地所生真玉珠也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Wang Chong, Lun Heng (Discussive Weighing), 80 CE

     “Yǔgòng” yuē: “Qiúlín lánggān” zhě, cǐ zé tǔdì suǒ shēng zhēn yùzhū yě. [Pinyin]

     Among the "Tribute of Yǔ" are mentioned jade and white corals. These were the produce of earth and genuine precious stones and pearls.

Compounds

璆琳 凱薩琳／凯萨琳 (Kǎisàlín) 卡羅琳／卡罗琳

天祿琳琅／天禄琳琅 琳宮／琳宫 琳宮梵宇／琳宫梵宇

琳琅滿目／琳琅满目 琳瑯／琳琅 (línláng) 琳瑯滿目／琳琅满目 (línlángmǎnmù)

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Japanese

Kanji

琳

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

1. jewel
2. tinkling of a string of jewels

Readings

• Go-on: りん (rin)
• Kan-on: りん (rin)

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Korean

Hanja

琳 • (rim>im) (hangeul 림>임, revised rim>im, McCune–Reischauer rim>im, Yale lim>im)

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Vietnamese

Han character

琳: Hán Nôm readings: lâm, lam

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