麟

麟	U+9E9F, 麟 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9E9F

← 麞
[U+9E9E]

CJK Unified Ideographs

麠 →
[U+9EA0]

麟	U+F9F3, 麟 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F9F3

← 鱗
[U+F9F2]

CJK Compatibility Ideographs

林 →
[U+F9F4]

Translingual

Han character

麟 (Kangxi radical 198, 鹿+12, 23 strokes, cangjie input 戈心火木手 (IPFDQ), four-corner 0925₉, composition ⿰鹿粦)

References

KangXi: 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
Unihan data for U+F9F3

Chinese

trad.		麟
simp. ^#		麟
alternative forms		麐

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) : semantic 鹿 (“deer”) + phonetic 粦 (OC *rins).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): lín (lin²)
(Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): leon⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): lîn
Min Dong (BUC): lìng
Min Nan (POJ): lîn

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: leon⁴
  - Yale: lèuhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: loen⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: lên⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɵn²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lîn
  - Hakka Romanization System: lin´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: lin¹
  - Sinological IPA: /lin²⁴/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: lìng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /l̃iŋ⁵³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lîn
  - Tâi-lô: lîn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: liin
  - IPA (Xiamen): /lin²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /lin²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /lin¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /lin²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /lin²³/

Middle Chinese: /liɪn/

Rime
Character	麟
Reading #	1/1
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
Expected Cantonese Reflex	lan⁴

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*rin/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	麟
Reading #	1/1
No.	8201
Phonetic component	粦
Rime group	眞
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	㷠
Old Chinese	/*rin/

Definitions

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. 11^th – 7^th 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!
1. ^‡ female of qilin
^† big deer
^† Alternative form of 鱗／鳞 (lín, “scale and shell”).
Used in 麟麟 (línlín, “bright”).

Compounds

舞麒麟 (wǔqílín)
麒麟 (qílín)
麒麟座 (Qílínzuò)
麒麟菜 (qílíncài)
麟史 (Línshǐ)
麟洛 (Línluò)
麟牒 (líndié)

麟角 (línjiǎo)
麟趾 (línzhǐ)
麟麟 (línlín)
薩摩麟／萨摩麟
鳳毛麟角／凤毛麟角 (fèngmáo línjiǎo)
麟兒／麟儿 (lín'ér)
麟子鳳雛／麟子凤雏

麟經／麟经 (Línjīng)
麟臺／麟台 (líntái)
麟角鳳毛／麟角凤毛 (línjiǎo fèngmáo)
麟閣／麟阁 (língé)
麟鳳／麟凤 (línfèng)
麟鳳龜龍／麟凤龟龙

Japanese

Kanji

麟

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

Female Chinese Unicorn

Readings

Go-on: りん (rin)
Kan-on: りん (rin)

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 麟 (MC liɪn). Recorded as Middle Korean 린 (lin) (Yale: lin) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

Hanja

Wikisource麟 (eumhun 기린 린 (girin rin), South Korea 기린 인 (girin in))

Hanja form^? of 린/인 (“giraffe; qilin”).

Compounds

기린 (麒麟, girin)
인제 (麟蹄, Inje, “Inje County”)
기린아 (麒麟兒, girina)
기린과 (麒麟科, girin'gwa)

References

국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

Vietnamese

Han character

麟: Hán Nôm readings: lân

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