lín
fish scales
Evolution
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal script
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Regular script
ModernMost common words with 鱗
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
scales (of fish) | ||
beaten black and blue | ||
scale | ||
fish scales | ||
row upon row |
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*C.r[ə][n] | lin | lín | scale of fish or reptile |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
2763rd most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 23 |
Simplified | |
Unicode | U+9C57 |
Shuowen | “鱗，魚甲也。从魚，粦聲。” |
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