鱗

See also: 鳞

鱗 U+9C57, 鱗 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9C57 ← 鱖 [U+9C56] CJK Unified Ideographs 鱘 → [U+9C58]

鱗 U+F9F2, 鱗 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F9F2 ← 隣 [U+F9F1] CJK Compatibility Ideographs 麟 → [U+F9F3]

Translingual

Han character

鱗 (Kangxi radical 195, 魚+12, 23 strokes, cangjie input 弓火火木手 (NFFDQ), four-corner 2935₉, composition ⿰魚粦)

Derived characters

• 𡿠

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1478, character 22
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 46502
• Dae Jaweon: page 2010, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4715, character 1
• Unihan data for U+9C57

• Unihan data for U+F9F2

Bailang

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-r(i/u)ŋ. Related to Burmese ရှည် (hrany, “long”), Tibetan རིང (ring, “long”).

Adjective

鱗 (*riŋ)

1. long

Alternative forms

• 陵 (*riŋ)

References

• Hill, Nathan W. (2017) “Songs of the Bailang: A New Transcription with Etymological Commentary”, in Bulletin de l'École française d'Extrême-Orient‎^[1], volume 103, pages 386—429

Chinese

trad.		鱗
simp.		鳞
alternative forms		魿／⿰鱼令 䰼／⿰鱼今

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) : semantic 魚 (“fish”) + phonetic 粦 (OC *rins).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lín (lin²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): leon⁴
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): lìn

  (Meixian, Guangdong): lin¹

• Northern Min (KCR): sa̿ing / lěng
• Eastern Min (BUC): lìng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): lân / lîn

  (Teochew, Peng'im): lang⁵ / ling⁵

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶lin

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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: leon⁴
    • Yale: lèuhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: loen⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: lên⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɵn²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lìn
    • Hakka Romanization System: linˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: lin²
    • Sinological IPA: /lin¹¹/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: lin¹
    • Sinological IPA: /lin⁴⁴/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: sa̿ing / lěng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saiŋ³³/, /leiŋ²¹/

Note:

• sa̿ing - vernacular;
• lěng - literary.

• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: lìng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /l̃iŋ⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lân / lîn
    • Tâi-lô: lân / lîn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: laan, liin
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lan²⁴/, /lin²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lan²⁴/, /lin²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lan¹³/, /lin¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /lan²⁴/, /lin²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lan²³/, /lin²³/

Note:

• lân - colloquial;
• lîn - literary.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: lang⁵ / ling⁵
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lâng / lîng
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /laŋ⁵⁵/, /liŋ⁵⁵/

Note:

• lang5 - vernacular;
• ling5 - literary.

• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶lin
    • MiniDict: lin^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³lin
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /lin²³/

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• Middle Chinese: lin

Rime
Character	鱗
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
Baxter	lin
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

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*C.r[ə][n]/

  (Zhengzhang): /*rin/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	鱗
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	lín
Middle Chinese	‹ lin ›
Old Chinese	/*C.r[ə][n]/
English	scale of fish or reptile
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	鱗
Reading #	1/1
No.	8202
Phonetic component	粦
Rime group	眞
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	㷠
Old Chinese	/*rin/

Definitions

鱗

1. scale (of a fish, reptile, etc)
2. scaly
3. fish (and other scaly animals)
4. a surname

Compounds

• 一鱗一爪／一鳞一爪
• 一鱗半爪／一鳞半爪 (yīlínbànzhǎo)
• 一鱗半甲／一鳞半甲
• 一鱗片甲／一鳞片甲
• 嬰鱗／婴鳞
• 戢鱗／戢鳞 (jílín)
• 戢鱗潛翼／戢鳞潜翼
• 批逆鱗／批逆鳞
• 振鱗奮翼／振鳞奋翼
• 攀鱗附翼／攀鳞附翼
• 斑青鱗魚／斑青鳞鱼
• 有鱗目／有鳞目
• 東鱗西爪／东鳞西爪 (dōnglínxīzhuǎ)
• 櫛次鱗比／栉次鳞比
• 櫛比鱗差／栉比鳞差
• 櫛比鱗次／栉比鳞次 (zhìbǐlíncì)
• 涸轍窮鱗／涸辙穷鳞
• 涸鱗濡沫／涸鳞濡沫
• 片鱗半爪／片鳞半爪
• 片鱗碎甲／片鳞碎甲
• 犯鱗／犯鳞
• 目斷鱗鴻／目断鳞鸿
• 碧鱗／碧鳞
• 結鱗／结鳞
• 腹有鱗甲／腹有鳞甲
• 逆鱗／逆鳞 (nìlín)
• 遍體鱗傷／遍体鳞伤 (biàntǐlínshāng)
• 魚鱗／鱼鳞 (yúlín)
• 魚鱗圖冊／鱼鳞图册
• 魚鱗松／鱼鳞松
• 魚鱗癬／鱼鳞癣 (yúlínxuǎn)
• 鱗介／鳞介
• 鱗傷／鳞伤
• 鱗次／鳞次 (líncì)
• 鱗次櫛比／鳞次栉比 (líncìzhìbǐ)
• 鱗比／鳞比
• 鱗毛／鳞毛
• 鱗波／鳞波
• 鱗淪／鳞沦
• 鱗游／鳞游
• 鱗爪／鳞爪 (línzhǎo)
• 鱗片／鳞片 (línpiàn)
• 鱗甲／鳞甲
• 鱗紋／鳞纹
• 鱗莖／鳞茎 (línjīng)
• 鱗萃／鳞萃
• 鱗蟲／鳞虫
• 鱗被／鳞被
• 鱗鋏星鐔／鳞铗星镡
• 鱗集／鳞集
• 鱗鬣／鳞鬣
• 鱗魨／鳞鲀 (líntún)
• 鱗鱗／鳞鳞
• 鱗鴻／鳞鸿
• 鱗鴻杳絕／鳞鸿杳绝
• 鱗鴻附便／鳞鸿附便
• 鳥集鱗萃／鸟集鳞萃
• 鴻稀鱗絕／鸿稀鳞绝
• 龍鱗／龙鳞 (lónglín)
• 龍鱗裝／龙鳞装

 

References

• (Min Nan) “Entry #13359”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.

Japanese

Kanji

鱗

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

1. scales
2. scaly

Readings

• Go-on: りん (rin)
• Kan-on: りん (rin)
• Kun: うろこ (uroko, 鱗)

Compounds

Compounds

• 鱗(うろこ)石(いし) (urokoishi)
• 鱗(うろこ)形(がた) (urokogata)
• 鱗(うろこ)切(ぎ)り (urokogiri)
• 鱗(うろこ)釘(くぎ) (urokokugi)
• 鱗(うろこ)雲(ぐも) (urokogumo), 鱗(りん)雲(うん) (rin'un)
• 鱗(うろこ)虫(むし) (urokomushi)
• 鱗(うろこ)文(もん) (urokomon)
• 円(えん)鱗(りん) (enrin)
• 芽(が)鱗(りん) (garin)
• 魚(ぎょ)鱗(りん) (gyorin)
• 錦(きん)鱗(りん) (kinrin)
• 銀(ぎん)鱗(りん) (ginrin)
• 逆(げき)鱗(りん) (gekirin)
• 硬(こう)鱗(りん)魚(ぎょ) (kōringyo)
• 鱗(こけら)板(いた) (kokeraita)
• 骨(こつ)鱗(りん) (kotsurin)
• 細(さい)鱗(りん) (sairin)
• 三(さん)十(じゅう)六(ろく)鱗(りん) (sanjūrokurin)
• 楯(じゅん)鱗(りん) (junrin)
• 如(じょ)鱗(りん)杢(もく) (jorinmoku)
• 片(へん)鱗(りん) (henrin)
• 三(み)つ鱗(うろこ) (mitsuuroko)
• 目(め)から鱗(うろこ)が落(お)ちる (me kara uroko ga ochiru)
• 有(ゆう)鱗(りん)類(るい) (yūrinrui)
• 稜(りょう)鱗(りん) (ryōrin): scute
• 鯉(り)鱗(りん)行(こう) (ririnkō)
• 鱗(りん)芽(が) (ringa)
• 鱗(りん)介(かい) (rinkai)
• 鱗(りん)形(けい) (rinkei)
• 鱗(りん)茎(けい) (rinkei)
• 鱗(りん)珪(けい)石(せき) (rinkeiseki): tridymite
• 鱗(りん)甲(こう) (rinkō)
• 鱗(りん)翅(し)目(もく) (rinshimoku)
• 鱗(りん)状(じょう) (rinjō)
• 鱗(りん)石(せき)英(えい) (rinsekiei): tridymite
• 鱗(りん)屑(せつ) (rinsetsu)
• 鱗(りん)族(ぞく) (rinzoku)
• 鱗(りん)虫(ちゅう) (rinchū)
• 鱗(りん)鉄(てっ)鉱(こう) (rintekkō): lepidocrocite
• 鱗(りん)被(ぴ) (rinpi): lodicule
• 鱗(りん)粉(ぷん) (rinpun)
• 鱗(りん)片(ぺん) (rinpen)
• 鱗(りん)木(ぼく) (rinboku), 鱗(うろこ)木(ぎ) (urokogi): scale tree
• 鱗(りん)毛(もう) (rinmō)
• 鱗(りん)葉(よう) (rin'yō)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
鱗
うろこ Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

From iroko.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) うろこ [ùrókóꜜ] (Odaka – [3])
• (Tokyo) うろこ [ùrókó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɯ̟ɾo̞ko̞]

Noun

鱗(うろこ) • (uroko) 

1. scale (of a fish, reptile, etc)
2. (typography) serif (on Chinese characters)

See also

• セリフ (serifu): serif (on European letters)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
鱗
いろこ Jinmeiyō
irregular

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [iɾo̞ko̞]

Noun

鱗(いろこ) • (iroko) 

1. scale (of a fish, reptile, etc)
2. scaled animal
3. dandruff

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
鱗
うろくず Jinmeiyō
irregular

From irokuzu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɯ̟ɾo̞kɯ̟zɨ]

Noun

鱗(うろくず) • (urokuzu) ^{←うろくづ (urokudu)?}

1. scale of a fish
2. fish

Etymology 4

Kanji in this term
鱗
いろくず Jinmeiyō
irregular

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [iɾo̞kɯ̟zɨ]

Noun

鱗(いろくず) • (irokuzu) ^{←いろくづ (irokudu)?}

1. scale (of a fish, reptile, etc)
2. scaled animal

Etymology 5

Kanji in this term
鱗
こけ Jinmeiyō
irregular

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) こけ [kòkéꜜ] (Odaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [ko̞ke̞]

Noun

鱗(こけ) • (koke) 

1. scale (of a fish, reptile, etc)

Etymology 6

Kanji in this term
鱗
こけら Jinmeiyō
irregular

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) こけら [kòkérá] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ko̞ke̞ɾa̠]

Noun

鱗(こけら) • (kokera) 

1. scale (of a fish, reptile, etc)

Etymology 7

Kanji in this term
鱗
りん Jinmeiyō
on'yomi

From Middle Chinese 鱗／鳞 (lin).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɾʲĩɴ]

Counter

鱗(りん) • (-rin) 

1. counter for scales of a fish
2. counter for fish

Korean

Hanja

鱗 (eumhun 비늘 린 (bineul rin), word-initial (South Korea) 비늘 인 (bineul in))

1. scale (of fish or reptiles)

Kunigami

Kanji

鱗

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

• Kun: いりちー (irichī, 鱗)

Etymology

Cognate with mainland Japanese 鱗 (uroko).

Noun

鱗(いりちー) (irichī) 

1. scale (of a fish, reptile, etc)
2. dandruff

Okinawan

Kanji

鱗

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

1. scale

Readings

• Kun: いりち (irichi, 鱗)

Etymology

Cognate with mainland Japanese 鱗 (uroko).

Noun

鱗(いりち) (irichi) 

1. scale (of a fish, reptile, etc)
2. dandruff

Vietnamese

Han character

鱗: Hán Nôm readings: lân

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