鱗

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

Translingual

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 魚 (“fish”) + phonetic 粦 (OC *rins).

Han character

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

References
  • KangXi: page 1478, character 22
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 46502
  • Dae Jaweon: page 2010, character 1
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 7, page 4715, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+9C57

Chinese
trad. 鱗
simp. 鳞

Pronunciation
Note:
  • lân - colloquial;
  • lîn - literary.
Note:
  • lang5 - vernacular;
  • ling5 - literary.
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
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
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)

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
  • 櫛次鱗比／栉次鳞比
  • 櫛比鱗差／栉比鳞差
  • 櫛比鱗次／栉比鳞次
  • 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
  • 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

Japanese

Kanji
鱗

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

  1. scales
  2. scaly

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

Compounds
Compounds
  • 鱗石 (うろこいし) (urokoishi)
  • 鱗形 (うろこがた) (urokogata)
  • 鱗切 (うろこぎ)り (urokogiri)
  • 鱗釘 (うろこくぎ) (urokokugi)
  • 鱗雲 (うろこぐも) (urokogumo), 鱗 (りん)雲 (うん) (rin'un)
  • 鱗虫 (うろこむし) (urokomushi)
  • 鱗文 (うろこもん) (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)
  • 逆鱗 (げきりん) (gekirin)
  • 硬 (こう)鱗 (りん)魚 (ぎょ) (kōringyo)
  • 鱗板 (こけらいた) (kokeraita)
  • 骨鱗 (こつりん) (kotsurin)
  • 細鱗 (さいりん) (sairin)
  • 三十六鱗 (さんじゅうろくりん) (sanjūrokurin)
  • 楯 (じゅん)鱗 (りん) (junrin)
  • 如鱗杢 (じょりんもく) (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)

Etymology 1
Kanji in this term
鱗
うろこ
Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi

From iroko.

Pronunciation

Noun

鱗 (hiragana うろこ, rōmaji uroko)

  1. scale (of a fish, reptile, etc)
  2. serif (of a minchō typeface)
See also
  • セリフ (serifu): serif (of a Western typeface)

Etymology 2
Kanji in this term
鱗
いろこ
Jinmeiyō
Irregular

Pronunciation
  • (Irregular reading)
    • IPA(key): [iɾo̞ko̞]

Noun

鱗 (hiragana いろこ, rōmaji 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
  • (Irregular reading)
    • IPA(key): [ɯ̟ᵝɾo̞kɯ̟ᵝzɨᵝ]

Noun

鱗 (hiragana うろくず, rōmaji urokuzu, historical hiragana うろくづ)

  1. scale of a fish
  2. fish

Etymology 4
Kanji in this term
鱗
いろくず
Jinmeiyō
Irregular

Pronunciation
  • (Irregular reading)
    • IPA(key): [iɾo̞kɯ̟ᵝzɨᵝ]

Noun

鱗 (hiragana いろくず, rōmaji irokuzu, historical hiragana いろくづ)

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

Etymology 5
Kanji in this term
鱗
こけ
Jinmeiyō
Irregular

Pronunciation

Noun

鱗 (hiragana こけ, rōmaji koke)

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

Etymology 6
Kanji in this term
鱗
こけら
Jinmeiyō
Irregular

Pronunciation

Noun

鱗 (hiragana こけら, rōmaji kokera)

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

Etymology 7
Kanji in this term
鱗
りん
Jinmeiyō
on’yomi

From Middle Chinese 鱗 (lin).

Pronunciation

Counter

鱗 (hiragana りん, rōmaji -rin)

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

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja

鱗 • (rin>in)

  • Eumhun:
    • Sound (hangeul): 린>인 (revised: rin>in, McCune–Reischauer: rin>in, Yale: lin>in)
    • Name (hangeul): 비늘 (revised: bineul, McCune–Reischauer: pinǔl, Yale: pinul)
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Kunigami

Etymology

Cognate with mainland Japanese 鱗 (uroko).

Kanji

鱗

Noun

鱗 (hiragana いりちー, romaji irichī)

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

Okinawan

Etymology

Cognate with mainland Japanese 鱗 (uroko).

Kanji

鱗

Noun

鱗 (hiragana いりち, romaji irichi)

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

Vietnamese

Han character

鱗 (lân)

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