lín
will-o'-the wisp, phosphorus
Depicts a spirit flickering around a person's (大) body with their feet (舛).
Components
Evolution
Oracle script
(~1250-1000 BC)
Bronze script
Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)Regular script
ModernMost common words with 粦
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
variant of 磷[lín] | ||
phosphoric acid | ||
phospholipid | ||
organic phosphate | ||
phosphorescence |
Component uses
Iconic component in 1 character (0 verified)
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*[r]ə[n] | lin | lín | will-o'-the wisp |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
Appears in 0.9771% of movies
3354th most common character in movies
2956th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 12 |
Unicode | U+7CA6 |
Shuowen | “，兵死及牛馬之血為。，鬼火也。从炎、舛。” |
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