# 琳

| 琳 | U+7433, &#29747; 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 1419$_0$, 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
### Glyph origin

| | 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 (lin$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄣˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): lam$^4$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): lîm
    (Teochew, Peng'im): lim$^5$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: lín
*** Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄣˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: lín
*** Wade–Giles: lin$^2$
*** Yale: lín
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lin
*** Palladius: линь (linʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /lin³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: lam$^4$
*** Yale: làhm
*** Cantonese Pinyin: lam$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: lem$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /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: lim$^5$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lîm
*** Sinological IPA : /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/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /li̯əm/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | lín |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | lam$^4$ |
* 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
    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

(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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