# 鱗

| 鱗 | U+9C57, &#40023; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9C57 |
| ← 鱖 [U+9C56] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 鱘 → [U+9C58] |
| 鱗 | U+F9F2, &#63986; 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 2935$_9$, 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)
* 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, volume 103, pages 386—429

## Chinese

* 鱗

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

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): lín (lin$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄣˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): leon$^4$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): lìn
    (Meixian, Guangdong): lin$^1$
* Northern Min (KCR): sa̿ing / lěng
* Eastern Min (BUC): lìng
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): lân / lîn
    (Teochew, Peng'im): lang$^5$ / 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/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lìn
*** Hakka Romanization System: lin$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: lin$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /lin¹¹/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: lin$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /lin⁴⁴/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: sa̿ing / lěng
*** Sinological IPA : /saiŋ³³/, /leiŋ²¹/
* sa̿ing - vernacular;
* lěng - literary.
* 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/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /li̯ĕn/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | lín |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | lan$^4$ |
* 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
* scale (of a fish, reptile, etc)
* scaly
* fish (and other scaly animals)
* a surname

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 魚鱗 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 魚鱗 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 魚鱗, 鱗 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 魚鱗 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 魚鱗 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 魚鱗 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 魚鱗甲 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 魚鱗 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 魚鱗, 魚甲 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 魚鱗 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 魚鱗 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 魚甲, 魚鱗 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 魚鱗, 鱗 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 魚鱗 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 魚鱗 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 魚鱗 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 魚厴子 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 魚鱗 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 魚鱗 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 魚鱗 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 魚鱗 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 魚鱗 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 魚鱗 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 魚鱗 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 魚鱗 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 魚鱗 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 魚鱗 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 魚鱗 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 魚鱗 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Zhuolan; Raoping) | 魚鱗 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 魚鱗 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 魚厴, 魚鱗甲 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 魚鱗 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 魚鱗甲 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 魚鱗 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 魚鱗 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 魚鱗 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 魚鱗 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 魚鱗, 魚鱗爿 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 魚鱗 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 魚鱗爿, 魚厴爿 |
| Wu | Danyang | 魚厴, 厴 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 魚厴兒 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 魚鱗 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 魚鱗 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 魚厴 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 魚鱗甲 |

### 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 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Jinmeiyō kanji)
* scales
* scaly

#### Readings

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

#### 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: [ɯ̟ɾo̞ko̞]

#### Noun

鱗(うろこ) • (uroko)
* scale (of a fish, reptile, etc)
* (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: [iɾo̞ko̞]

#### Noun

鱗(いろこ) • (iroko)
* scale (of a fish, reptile, etc)
* scaled animal
* dandruff

### Etymology 3

* Kanji in this term
* 鱗
* うろくず Jinmeiyō
* irregular
From irokuzu.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ɯ̟ɾo̞kɯ̟zɨ]

#### Noun

鱗(うろくず) • (urokuzu)
* scale of a fish
* fish

### Etymology 4

* Kanji in this term
* 鱗
* いろくず Jinmeiyō
* irregular

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [iɾo̞kɯ̟zɨ]

#### Noun

鱗(いろくず) • (irokuzu)
* scale (of a fish, reptile, etc)
* scaled animal

### Etymology 5

* Kanji in this term
* 鱗
* こけ Jinmeiyō
* irregular

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) こけ [kòkéꜜ] (Odaka –)
* IPA: [ko̞ke̞]

#### Noun

鱗(こけ) • (koke)
* 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: [ko̞ke̞ɾa̠]

#### Noun

鱗(こけら) • (kokera)
* 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: [ɾʲĩɴ]

#### Counter

鱗(りん) • (-rin)
* counter for scales of a fish
* counter for fish

### References

* 1 2 3 4 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* 1 2 3 4 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

## Korean
### Hanja

鱗 (eumhun 비늘 린 (bineul rin), word-initial (South Korea) 비늘 인 (bineul in))
* scale (of fish or reptiles)

## Kunigami
### Kanji

(Jinmeiyō kanji)
* Kun: いりちー (irichī, 鱗)

### Etymology

Cognate with mainland Japanese 鱗 (uroko).

### Noun

鱗(いりちー) (irichī)
* scale (of a fish, reptile, etc)
* dandruff

## Okinawan
### Kanji

(Jinmeiyō kanji)
* scale

#### Readings

* Kun: いりち (irichi, 鱗)

### Etymology

Cognate with mainland Japanese 鱗 (uroko).

### Noun

鱗(いりち) (irichi)
* scale (of a fish, reptile, etc)
* dandruff

## Vietnamese
### Han character

鱗: Hán Nôm readings: lân
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