磷

See also: 燐

磷	U+78F7, 磷 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-78F7

← 磶
[U+78F6]

CJK Unified Ideographs

磸 →
[U+78F8]

Translingual

Han character

磷 (Kangxi radical 112, 石+12, 17 strokes, cangjie input 一口火木手 (MRFDQ), four-corner 1965₉, composition ⿰石粦)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 836, character 29
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24481
Dae Jaweon: page 1253, character 27
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2457, character 7
Unihan data for U+78F7

Chinese

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 / 形声, OC *rin, *rins): semantic 石 (“stone”) + phonetic 粦 (OC *rins).

Etymology 1

Chemical element
P
Previous: *硅 (guī), 矽 (xī) (Si)*
Next: *硫 (liú) (S)*

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

trad.		磷
simp. ^#		磷
2nd round simp.		砱

Mandarin
(Pinyin): lín (lin²)

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): leon⁴
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): lîn

(Teochew, Peng'im): ling⁵
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶lin

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: leon⁴
  - Yale: lèuhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: loen⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: lên⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɵn²¹/
Southern Min
- (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/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: ling⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lîng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /liŋ⁵⁵/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶lin
  - MiniDict: lin^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³lin
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /lin²³/

Middle Chinese: lin

Rime
Character	磷
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	眞 (43)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	力珍切
Baxter	lin
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/liɪn/
Pan Wuyun	/lin/
Shao Rongfen	/ljen/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lin/
Li Rong	/liĕn/
Wang Li	/lĭĕn/
Bernhard Karlgren	/li̯ĕn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lín
Expected Cantonese Reflex	lan⁴

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*rin/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	磷
Reading #	1/2
No.	8199
Phonetic component	粦
Rime group	眞
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	㷠
Old Chinese	/*rin/
Notes	同粼見史記

Definitions

磷

Compounds

三氯化磷 (sānlǜhuàlín)
五氯化磷 (wǔlǜhuàlín)
亞磷酸 / 亚磷酸 (yàlínsuān)
卵磷脂 (luǎnlínzhī)
白磷 (báilín)
磨而不磷
磷光 (línguāng)
磷化物
磷火 (línhuǒ)
磷灰石 (línhuīshí)
磷磷 (línlín)
磷礦 / 磷矿 (Línkuàng)
磷肥
磷脂質 / 磷脂质
磷蝦 / 磷虾 (línxiā)
磷酸 (línsuān)
磷酸礦 / 磷酸矿
磷酸鈣 / 磷酸钙 (línsuāngài)
紅磷 / 红磷 (hónglín)
紫磷 (zǐlín)
赤磷
黃磷 / 黄磷 (huánglín)
黑磷 (hēilín)

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

trad.		磷
simp. ^#		磷

Mandarin
(Pinyin): lìn (lin⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄣˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): leon⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: lìn
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄣˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: lìn
  - Wade–Giles: lin⁴
  - Yale: lìn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: linn
  - Palladius: линь (linʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lin⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: leon⁶
  - Yale: leuhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: loen⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: lên⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɵn²²/

Middle Chinese: linH

Rime
Character	磷
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	眞 (43)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	良刃切
Baxter	linH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/liɪn^H/
Pan Wuyun	/lin^H/
Shao Rongfen	/ljen^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lin^H/
Li Rong	/liĕn^H/
Wang Li	/lĭĕn^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/li̯ĕn^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lìn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	lan⁶

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*rins/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	磷
Reading #	2/2
No.	8216
Phonetic component	粦
Rime group	眞
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	遴
Old Chinese	/*rins/
Notes	見論語

Definitions

磷

Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

trad.		磷
simp. ^#		磷

Mandarin
(Pinyin): lǐn (lin³)

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄣˇ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: lǐn
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄣˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: lǐn
  - Wade–Giles: lin³
  - Yale: lǐn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liin
  - Palladius: линь (linʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lin²¹⁴/

Definitions

磷

stony

Etymology 4

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

trad.		磷
simp. ^#		磷

Mandarin
(Pinyin): líng (ling²)

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄥˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ling⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: líng
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄥˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: líng
  - Wade–Giles: ling²
  - Yale: líng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ling
  - Palladius: лин (lin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /liŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: ling⁴
  - Yale: lìhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ling⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: ling⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɪŋ²¹/

Definitions

磷

only used in 砰磷

References

“磷”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
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Japanese

Kanji

磷

(Hyōgai kanji)

flaked rock
luster

Readings

Go-on: りん (rin)
Kan-on: りん (rin)
Kun: うすらぐ (usuragu, 磷らぐ)、ながれる (nagareru, 磷れる)

Korean

Hanja

磷 • (rin>in) (hangeul 린>인, revised rin>in, McCune–Reischauer rin>in, Yale lin>in)

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Vietnamese

Han character

磷: Hán Nôm readings: lân, lấn

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References

Thiều Chửu : Hán Việt Tự Điển Hà Nội 1942
Trần Văn Chánh: Từ Điển Hán Việt NXB Trẻ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999
Vũ Văn Kính: Đại Tự Điển Chữ Nôm, NXB Văn Nghệ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999