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rush

HSK 10
Nature →Plants →Grasses
Lìn, lìn
リン
い
린
Components
Traditional (藺)
艹 grass (top) =
藺 rush
艹 Meaning component
cao grass (top)
grass
grass
閵 Phonetic component
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Simplified (蔺)
艹 grass (top)+ 门 gate+ 隹 Short-Tailed Bird =
蔺 rush used for making mats
艹 Meaning component
cao grass (top)
grass
grass
门 Phonetic component
mén gate
gate, door, entrance, opening
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隹
zhuī Short-Tailed Bird
bird
Notes
Similar Characters
春 springtime甍 rafters supporting roof盖 hide (simp)着 arrive/wear繭 cocoon (trad/jp)艺 art (simp)艻 sweet basil艽 a root艾 Chinese mugwort艿 taro节 knot (simp)芄 Metaplexis stauntoni芊 exuberant and vigorous芋 taro芍 peony芎 a kind of herb芏 Cyperus malaccensis芑 white millet芒 mango芗 fragrant smell of grain (simp)
Historical Evolution
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Seal Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Seal
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
藺
Regular
Modern
Chinese
蔺 / 藺 [Lìn]
surname Lin
蔺 / 藺 [lìn]
juncus effusus
Japanese
藺 い 、 イ 同音
noun usually kana soft rush (Juncus effusus var. decipiens); common rush
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
藺 いの
Ino place name
藺 りん
Rin female given name
CHINESE WORDS (3)
蔺相如 [Lìn​Xiāng​rú] #51,159
Ling Xiangru (dates unknown, 3rd century BC), famous statesman of Zhao 趙國|赵国
古蔺 [Gǔ​lìn] #56,471
Gulin county in Luzhou 瀘州|泸州[Lú​zhōu], Sichuan
古蔺县 [Gǔ​lìn​xiàn] #60,340
Gulin county in Luzhou 瀘州|泸州[Lú​zhōu], Sichuan
JAPANESE WORDS (8)
い草 [いぐさ] #64,031
soft rush (Juncus effusus var. decipiens)
太藺 [ふとい] #129,578
softstem bulrush (Scirpus tabernaemontani)
綾藺笠 [あやいがさ] #180,004
type of traditional Japanese conical hat
イグサ科 [イグサか] #270,913
Juncaceae (rush family)
アンペラ藺 [アンペラい]
Machaerina rubiginosa (species of tropical sedge)
七島藺 [しちとうい]
Shichito matgrass (Cyperus malaccensis)
松葉藺 [まつばい]
needle spikerush (Eleocharis acicularis)
蛍藺 [ほたるい]
Scirpus hotarui (species of bulrush)