# 嶙

| 嶙 | U+5D99, &#23961; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5D99 |
| ← 嶘 [U+5D98] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 嶚 → [U+5D9A] |

## Translingual
### Han character

嶙 (Kangxi radical 46, 山+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 山火木手 (UFDQ), four-corner 2975$_9$, composition ⿰山粦)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 319, character 45
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 8477
* Dae Jaweon: page 620, character 4
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 799, character 9
* Unihan data for U+5D99

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | 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, *rinʔ) : semantic 山 (“mountain”) + phonetic 粦 (OC *rins).

### Pronunciation 1

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): lín (lin$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄣˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): leon$^4$
* 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: leon$^4$
*** Yale: lèuhn
*** Cantonese Pinyin: loen$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: lên$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /lɵn²¹/
* Middle Chinese: lin
Rime :
| Character | 嶙 |
| 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/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /li̯ĕn/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | lín |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | lan$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*rin/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 嶙 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| No. | 8197 |
| Phonetic component | 粦 |
| Rime group | 眞 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 㷠 |
| Old Chinese | /*rin/ |

#### Definitions

嶙
* towering hills and lofty mountain ranges
    嶙峋 ― línxún ― towering; craggy

#### Compounds

* 傲骨嶙峋 (àogǔ línxún)
* 岭嶙
* 峋嶙
* 㟒嶙
* 峮嶙
* 嶙囷
* 嶙嶙
* 嶙嶒
* 嶺嶙／岭嶙
* 嶾嶙
* 怪石嶙峋
* 瘦骨嶙峋 (shòugǔlínxún)
* 瘦骨嶙嶙
* 隱嶙／隐嶙

### Pronunciation 2

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): lǐn (lin$^3$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄣˇ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: lǐn
*** Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄣˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: lǐn
*** Wade–Giles: lin$^3$
*** Yale: lǐn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liin
*** Palladius: линь (linʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /lin²¹⁴/
* Middle Chinese: linX
Rime :
| Character | 嶙 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 來 (37) |
| Final (韻) | 眞 (43) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 良忍切 |
| Baxter | linX |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /liɪn$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /lin$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ljen$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /lin$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /liĕn$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /lĭĕn$^X$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /li̯ĕn$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | lǐn |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | lan$^5$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*rinʔ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 嶙 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| No. | 8211 |
| Phonetic component | 粦 |
| Rime group | 眞 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 嶙 |
| Old Chinese | /*rinʔ/ |

#### Definitions

嶙
* Only used in 嶾嶙 (yǐnlǐn).

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* mountain range

#### Readings

* On (unclassified): りん (rin)

## Korean
### Hanja

嶙 (eum 린 (rin))
* precipitous
* deep
* soar
* upright, staunch

## Vietnamese
### Han character

嶙: Hán Nôm readings: lân
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#### References

* Nom Foundation