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遴

lín

Character

What 遴 means

1. literaryto select

Other readings

遴 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• Línsurname Lin

Words starting with 遴

• 遴选lín xuǎnto pick; to choose; to select

Characters built on 粦

These share the phonetic component 粦 (), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 磷lín(chemistry) phosphorus
• 鳞línscales (of fish, snakes etc)
• 麟línvariant of 麟
• 粼línclear (as of water)
• 膦lìnphosphine
• 嶙línranges of hills
• 辚línrumbling of wheels
• 瞵línto stare at

Characters that look like 遴

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 漏lòuto leak; to divulge; to leave out by mistake
• 遮zhēto cover up (a shortcoming); to screen off; to hide
• 暹xiānsunrise
• 嫣yān(literary) lovely; sweet
• 撮cuōto pick up (a powder etc) with the fingertips; to scoop up; to collect together
• 遽jùhurry; fast; suddenly

Sounds the same

Read lín, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 林(bound form) woods; forest; (bound form) circle(s) (i.e. specific group of people)…
• 邻neighbor; adjacent; close to
• 临to face; to overlook; to arrive
• 淋to sprinkle; to drip; to pour
• 琳gem
• 鳞scales (of fish, snakes etc)
• 霖continued rain
• 磷(chemistry) phosphorus
• 粼clear (as of water)
• 啉used in the transliteration of the names of organic compounds such as porphyrin 卟啉
• 嶙ranges of hills
• 璘luster of gem