# 麟

| 麟 | U+9E9F, &#40607; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9E9F |
| ← 麞 [U+9E9E] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 麠 → [U+9EA0] |
| 麟 | U+F9F3, &#63987; CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F9F3 |
| ← 鱗 [U+F9F2] | CJK Compatibility Ideographs | 林 → [U+F9F4] |

## Translingual
### Han character

麟 (Kangxi radical 198, 鹿+12, 23 strokes, cangjie input 戈心火木手 (IPFDQ), four-corner 0925$_9$, composition ⿰鹿粦)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1511, character 20
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 47690
* Dae Jaweon: page 2040, character 5
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4735, character 20
* Unihan data for U+9E9F
* Unihan data for U+F9F3

## 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): semantic 鹿 (“deer”) + phonetic 粦 (OC *rins).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): lín (lin$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄣˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): leon$^4$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): lìn
    (Hailu, HRS): lin$^ˇ$
* Eastern Min (BUC): lìng
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): ling$^2$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): lîn
    (Teochew, Peng'im): ling$^5$
* 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: 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/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: lin$^ˇ$
*** Sinological IPA: /lin¹¹/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: lìng
*** Sinological IPA : /l̃iŋ⁵³/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian, Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: ling$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /liŋ¹³/
* 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/
* Middle Chinese: lin
Rime :
| Character | 麟 |
| 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
    (Zhengzhang): /*rin/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 麟 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 8201 |
| Phonetic component | 粦 |
| Rime group | 眞 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 㷠 |
| Old Chinese | /*rin/ |

### Definitions

麟
* Used in 麒麟 (qílín, “qilin (propitious mythological beast)”); also used as its short form.
    From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11th – 7th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
    Lín zhī zhǐ, zhènzhèn gōngzǐ. Yú jiē lín xī. [Pinyin]
    The feet of the Lin: the noble sons of our prince. Ah! They are the Lin!
** (historical dictionaries only) female of qilin
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) big deer
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) Alternative form of 鱗 / 鳞 (lín, “scale and shell”)
* Used in 麟麟 (línlín, “bright”).

### Compounds

* 舞麒麟 (wǔqílín)
* 薩摩麟 / 萨摩麟
* 鳳毛麟角 / 凤毛麟角 (fèngmáo línjiǎo)
* 麒麟 (qílín)
* 麒麟座 (Qílínzuò)
* 麒麟菜 (qílíncài)
* 麟兒 / 麟儿 (lín'ér)
* 麟史 (Línshǐ)
* 麟子鳳雛 / 麟子凤雏
* 麟洛 (Línluò)
* 麟牒 (líndié)
* 麟經 / 麟经 (Línjīng)
* 麟臺 / 麟台 (líntái)
* 麟角 (línjiǎo)
* 麟角鳳毛 / 麟角凤毛 (línjiǎo fèngmáo)
* 麟趾 (línzhǐ)
* 麟閣 / 麟阁 (língé)
* 麟鳳 / 麟凤 (línfèng)
* 麟鳳龜龍 / 麟凤龟龙
* 麟麟 (línlín)

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Jinmeiyō kanji)
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#### Readings

* Go-on: りん (rin)
* Kan-on: りん (rin)

## Korean
### Etymology

From Middle Chinese 麟 (MC lin). Recorded as Middle Korean 린 (lin) (Yale: lin) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

### Hanja

Wikisource 麟 (eumhun 기린 린 (girin rin), word-initial (South Korea) 기린 인 (girin in))
* hanja form of 린/인 (“giraffe; qilin”)

#### Compounds

* 기린 (麒麟, girin)
* 기린과 (麒麟科, girin'gwa)
* 기린아 (麒麟兒, girina)
* 인제 (麟蹄, Inje, “Inje County”)

### References

* 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

## Vietnamese
### Han character

麟: Hán Nôm readings: lân
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