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麟

lín

Character Traditional 麐

What 麟 means

1. variant of {麟|lín}

Other readings

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

• línsee {麒麟|qí lín}

Words starting with 麟

• 麟经Lín jīnganother name for the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋
• 麟游县Lín yóu XiànLinyou, a county in Baoji City 宝鸡市
• 麟角凤觜lín jiǎo fèng zuǐlit. qilin's horn, phoenix's mouth (idiom); fig. rara avis; rarity
• 麟游Lín yóusee 麟游县

Words containing 麟

• 麒麟qí lín(Chinese mythology) qilin; (old) giraffe
• 凤毛麟角fèng máo lín jiǎolit. as rare as phoenix feathers and unicorn horns (idiom); fig. few and far between
• 谭咏麟Tán Yǒng línAlan Tam (1950-), Hong Kong Canto-pop singer and actor
• 汤玉麟Tāng Yù línTang Yulin (1871-1937), minor warlord in northeast China, sometime governor of Chengde…
• 章炳麟Zhāng Bǐng línZhang Taiyan 章太炎 (1869-1936), scholar, journalist, revolutionary and leading intellectual…
• 萨摩麟Sà mó línSamotherium (early giraffe)
• 麒麟区Qí lín QūQilin, a district of Qujing City 曲靖市
• 麒麟座Qí lín zuòMonoceros constellation
• 麒麟菜qí lín càieucheuma, a type of red algae (used in TCM)
• 麒麟阁Qí lín GéQilin Pavilion, located in the Weiyang Palace, a hall decorated with portraits of famous…
• 麒麟殿Qí lín Diànsee 麒麟阁
• 骐麟qí línvariant of 麒麟

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
• 遴lín(literary) to select
• 鳞línscales (of fish, snakes etc)
• 粼línclear (as of water)
• 膦lìnphosphine
• 嶙línranges of hills
• 辚línrumbling of wheels
• 瞵línto stare at

Characters that look like 麟

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

• 罐guàncan; jar; pot
• 蘸zhànto dip in (ink, sauce etc)
• 鼹yǎnmole
• 髑dúused in 髑髅
• 懿yì(literary) exemplary; virtuous
• 颧quán(bound form) cheekbone

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
• 遴(literary) to select
• 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