# 磷

| 磷 | U+78F7, &#30967; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-78F7 |
| ← 磶 [U+78F6] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 磸 → [U+78F8] |

## Translingual
### Han character

磷 (Kangxi radical 112, 石+12, 17 strokes, cangjie input 一口火木手 (MRFDQ), four-corner 1965$_9$, composition ⿰石粦)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 836, character 29
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24481
* Dae Jaweon: page 1253, character 27
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2457, character 7
* Unihan data for U+78F7

## Chinese

* 磷

### 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, *rins) : semantic 石 (“stone”) + phonetic 粦 (OC *rins).

### Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): lín (lin$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄣˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): leon$^4$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): lîn
    (Teochew, Peng'im): ling$^5$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$lin
* 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/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lîn
*** Tâi-lô: lîn
*** Phofsit Daibuun: liin
*** IPA (Xiamen): /lin²⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /lin²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /lin¹³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /lin²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /lin²³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: ling$^5$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lîng
*** Sinological IPA : /liŋ⁵⁵/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$lin
*** MiniDict: lin$^去$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$lin
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /lin²³/
* Middle Chinese: lin
Rime :
| Character | 磷 |
| 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 | 磷 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| No. | 8199 |
| Phonetic component | 粦 |
| Rime group | 眞 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 㷠 |
| Old Chinese | /*rin/ |
| Notes | 同粼見史記 |

#### Definitions

磷
* ignis fatuus
* (chemistry) phosphorus
* fragment of stone

#### Compounds

* 三氯化磷 (sānlǜhuàlín)
* 五氯化磷 (wǔlǜhuàlín)
* 亞磷酸／亚磷酸 (yàlínsuān)
* 卵磷脂 (luǎnlínzhī)
* 白磷 (báilín)
* 磨而不磷
* 磷光 (línguāng)
* 磷化物
* 磷火 (línhuǒ)
* 磷灰石 (línhuīshí)
* 磷磷 (línlín)
* 磷礦／磷矿 (Línkuàng)
* 磷肥
* 磷脂質／磷脂质
* 磷蝦／磷虾 (línxiā)
* 磷酸 (línsuān)
* 磷酸礦／磷酸矿
* 磷酸鈣／磷酸钙 (línsuāngài)
* 紅磷／红磷 (hónglín)
* 紫磷 (zǐlín)
* 赤磷
* 黃磷／黄磷 (huánglín)
* 黑磷 (hēilín)

### Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): lìn (lin$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄣˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): leon$^6$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: lìn
*** Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄣˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: lìn
*** Wade–Giles: lin$^4$
*** Yale: lìn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: linn
*** Palladius: линь (linʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /lin⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: leon$^6$
*** Yale: leuhn
*** Cantonese Pinyin: loen$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: lên$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /lɵn²²/
* Middle Chinese: linH
Rime :
| Character | 磷 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 來 (37) |
| Final (韻) | 眞 (43) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 良刃切 |
| Baxter | linH |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /liɪn$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /lin$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ljen$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /lin$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /liĕn$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /lĭĕn$^H$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /li̯ĕn$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | lìn |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | lan$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*rins/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 磷 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| No. | 8216 |
| Phonetic component | 粦 |
| Rime group | 眞 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 遴 |
| Old Chinese | /*rins/ |
| Notes | 見論語 |

#### Definitions

磷
* thin
* blemish
* stain
* unimpeded
* mica

### Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Pronunciation

* 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/

#### Definitions

磷
* stony

### Etymology 4

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): líng (ling$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄥˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): ling$^4$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: líng
*** Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄥˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: líng
*** Wade–Giles: ling$^2$
*** Yale: líng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ling
*** Palladius: лин (lin)
*** Sinological IPA : /liŋ³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: ling$^4$
*** Yale: lìhng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: ling$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ling$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /lɪŋ²¹/

#### Definitions

磷
* Only used in 砰磷.

### References

* “磷”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
* zi.tools

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* flaked rock
* luster

#### Readings

* Go-on: りん (rin)
* Kan-on: りん (rin)
* Kun: うすらぐ (usuragu, 磷らぐ)、ながれる (nagareru, 磷れる)

## Korean
### Hanja

磷 • (rin>in) (hangeul 린>인, revised rin>in, McCune–Reischauer rin>in, Yale lin>in)
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

## Vietnamese
### Han character

磷: Hán Nôm readings: lân, lấn
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

#### References

* Thiều Chửu : Hán Việt Tự Điển Hà Nội 1942
* Trần Văn Chánh: Từ Điển Hán Việt NXB Trẻ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999
* Vũ Văn Kính: Đại Tự Điển Chữ Nôm, NXB Văn Nghệ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999