麟

麟 · lín

female of Chinese unicorn

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
lín
Cantonese
leon4
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

female of Chinese unicorn

Dictionary definitions & readings

麟 lín · variant of 麟 lín

麟 lín · see 麒麟 qí lín

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Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
74735.200:lín Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
0715.050:lín Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
225.140:lín Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
lín粵leon4 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
リン Source property ↗
Korean · Hangul
린:0N 인:0 Source property ↗
Vietnamese · Quốc ngữ
lân Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
力珍 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
IPFDQ Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
0925.9 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
1511.200 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
103.34 Source property ↗
Grammata Serica Recensa · references
0387j Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+9E9F
Radical
鹿 · 198
Strokes
23
Residual strokes
12
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 2 · #6485

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

23 strokes
麟
Strokes
23
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

23 strokes in writing order. Play to watch them, or Step through one at a time.

Modern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.

Words & connections

Dictionary & examples

History & distinctions

Related forms

No simplified/traditional variant assertion retained.

Historical readings

Middle Chinese
lin · 力珍 · 臻開三平眞來 · #412

PHONO-ML, source line 3536; CC BY 4.0. Source-generated reading categories, not modern pronunciation. Attribution & limitations.

Sources & reference

Evidence

Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3 · Official-list coverage

Exact Unihan properties
kCihaiT
1550.502
kCowles
2526
kDaeJaweon
2040.050
kFennIndex
310.03
kGSR
0387j
kHanYu
74735.200
kIRGDaeJaweon
2040.050
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
74735.200
kIRGKangXi
1511.200
kKangXi
1511.200
kMatthews
4035
kMeyerWempe
1704d
kMorohashi
47690:E0104
kNelson
5383
kSBGY
103.34
kSMSZD2003Index
822.02
kCangjie
IPFDQ
kFenn
275H
kFourCornerCode
0925.9
kHKGlyph
4710
kMojiJoho
MJ029817 MJ029817:E0103 MJ029816:E0104 MJ029818:E0105
kPhonetic
852
kUnihanCore2020
GHJKMPT
kIICore
AGTJHKMP
kIRG_GSource
G0-776B
kIRG_HSource
HB1-C5EF
kIRG_JSource
J0-4E5B
kIRG_KPSource
KP0-D9EE
kIRG_KSource
K0-5778
kIRG_TSource
T1-7C5B
kIRG_VSource
V1-6D28
kRSUnicode
198.12
kTotalStrokes
23
kBigFive
C5EF
kCCCII
21625A
kCNS1986
1-7C5B
kCNS1992
1-7C5B
kEACC
21625A
kGB0
8775
kGB1
8775
kJinmeiyoKanji
2010
kJis0
4659
kKoreanName
2015
kMainlandTelegraph
7792
kTGH
2013:6485
kTaiwanTelegraph
7792
kXerox
257:103
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+4003+198.11.13 V+13515+198.11.13 V+14093+198.11.12
kCantonese
leon4
kDefinition
female of Chinese unicorn
kFanqie
力珍
kHangul
린:0N 인:0
kHanyuPinyin
74735.200:lín
kJapanese
リン
kJapaneseOn
RIN
kKorean
LIN
kMandarin
lín
kSMSZD2003Readings
lín粵leon4
kTGHZ2013
225.140:lín
kTang
*lin
kVietnamese
lân
kXHC1983
0715.050:lín
kSemanticVariant
U+9E90<kMatthews

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

0.10
18dictionary records using 麟0forms using this shape0attributed sound links
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Shape description
鹿 beside 粦 · the same shape in all seven regional standards (China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, North Korea, Vietnam)
Source notation ^⿰鹿粦$(GHTJKPV)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿰鹿粦$(GHTJKPV)

All alternatives are retained. Only the first description drives component search and graphical links. Counts describe this snapshot, not frequency. Evidence and method.