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

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/

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

beautiful jade
- 《禹貢》曰：「璆琳琅玕」者，此則土地所生真玉珠也。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]
  《禹贡》曰：「璆琳琅玕」者，此则土地所生真玉珠也。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, 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)

jewel
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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