lín
beautiful jade
Phonosemantic compound. 王 represents the meaning and 林 represents the sound.
Evolution
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Most common words with 琳
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
gem | ||
Katherine | ||
fig. a dazzling lineup | ||
Rowling (name) | ||
Rosamund Kwan (1962-), Hong Kong actress |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
Appears in 7.5284% of movies
1231st most common character in movies
2400th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 12 |
Unicode | U+7433 |
Shuowen | “琳，美玉也。从玉，林聲。” |
Sources
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