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 Dictionary: 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

Chinese

simp. and trad.		琳

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 琳
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

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
• Southern Min

  (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–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: lam⁴
    • Yale: làhm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lam⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: lem⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɐm²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (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: lim

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
Baxter	lim
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/liɪm/
Pan Wuyun	/lim/
Shao Rongfen	/ljem/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lim/
Li Rong	/liəm/
Wang Li	/lĭĕm/
Bernhard 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

• 凱薩琳 / 凯萨琳 (Kǎisàlín)
• 卡羅琳 / 卡罗琳 (Kǎluólín)
• 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 (línlángmǎnmù)
• 琳瑯 / 琳琅 (línláng)
• 琳瑯滿目 / 琳琅满目 (línlángmǎnmù)
• 璆琳

Japanese

Kanji

琳

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

1. jewel
2. tinkling of a string of jewels

Readings

• Go-on: りん (rin)
• Kan-on: りん (rin)

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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