麟

麟 U+9E9F, 麟
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9E9F
← 麞
[U+9E9E] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 麠 →
[U+9EA0]

Translingual

Han character

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

  1. female of Chinese unicorn

References

  • KangXi: page 1511, character 20
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 47690
  • Dae Jaweon: page 2040, character 5
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 7, page 4735, character 20
  • Unihan data for U+9E9F

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 麟

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

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
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

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Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

麟

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

  1. Female Chinese Unicorn

Readings

Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

麟 (lân)

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