燐

See also: 磷

燐 U+71D0, 燐 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-71D0 ← 燏 [U+71CF] CJK Unified Ideographs 燑 → [U+71D1]

燐 U+F9EE, 燐 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 9985₉, 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

trad.		燐
simp.		磷*

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (粦) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	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 (lin²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): leon⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lín
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lín
    • Wade–Giles: lin²
    • Yale: lín
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lin
    • Palladius: линь (linʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lin³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: leon⁴
    • Yale: lèuhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: loen⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: lên⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɵn²¹/

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• 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/	/liɪnH/
Pan Wuyun	/lin/	/linH/
Shao Rongfen	/ljen/	/ljenH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lin/	/linH/
Li Rong	/liĕn/	/liĕnH/
Wang Li	/lĭĕn/	/lĭĕnH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/li̯ĕn/	/li̯ĕnH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lín	lìn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	lan4	lan6

• 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

1. ignis fatuus
2. (chemistry) phosphorus

Compounds

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