# 燐

| 燐 | U+71D0, &#29136; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-71D0 |
| ← 燏 [U+71CF] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 燑 → [U+71D1] |
| 燐 | U+F9EE, &#63982; CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F9EE |
| ← 吝 [U+F9ED] | CJK Compatibility Ideographs | 璘 → [U+F9EF] |

## Translingual
### Han character

燐 (Kangxi radical 86, 火+12, 16 strokes, cangjie input 火火木手 (FFDQ), four-corner 9985$_9$, composition ⿰火粦)

#### Derived characters

* 𧃮

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 683, character 5
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 19417
* Dae Jaweon: page 1095, character 6
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2236, character 10
* Unihan data for U+71D0
* Unihan data for U+F9EE

## 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 |

### Pronunciation

* 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, linH
Rime :
| Character | 燐 | 燐 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 來 (37) | 來 (37) |
| Final (韻) | 眞 (43) | 眞 (43) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | III | III |
| Fanqie | 力珍切 | 良刃切 |
| Baxter | lin | linH |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /liɪn/ | /liɪn$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /lin/ | /lin$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ljen/ | /ljen$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /lin/ | /lin$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /liĕn/ | /liĕn$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /lĭĕn/ | /lĭĕn$^H$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /li̯ĕn/ | /li̯ĕn$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | lín | lìn |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | lan$^4$ | lan$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*rin/, /*rins/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 燐 | 燐 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| No. | 8194 | 8218 |
| Phonetic component | 粦 | 粦 |
| Rime group | 眞 | 眞 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 㷠 | 遴 |
| Old Chinese | /*rin/ | /*rins/ |
| Notes | 同粦 | 同粦 |

### Definitions

燐
* ignis fatuus
* (chemistry) phosphorus

#### Compounds

* 燐亂 / 磷乱
* 燐光 / 磷光 (línguāng)
* 燐火 / 磷火 (línhuǒ)
* 鬼燐 / 鬼磷

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* ignis fatuus
* will-o'-the-wisp
* phosphorus

#### Readings

* Go-on: りん (rin)
* Kan-on: りん (rin)
* Kun: おにび (onibi, 燐)

#### Compounds

* 燐安(りんあん) (rin'an): ammonium phosphate

### Etymology

* Kanji in this term
* 燐
* りん Hyōgai
* on'yomi
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) りん [ríꜜǹ] (Atamadaka –)
* IPA: [ɾʲĩɴ]

### Noun

燐(りん) or 燐(リン) • (rin)
* phosphorus

#### Usage notes

The katakana spelling リン is common.

### References

* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* ↑ 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

燐 (eum 린 (rin), word-initial (South Korea) 인 (in))
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

## Vietnamese
### Han character

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

#### References

* Nom Foundation