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鱗
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鳞
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scales

HSK 10
Human →Body
lín
リン
うろこ、こけ、こけら
린
Components
Traditional (鱗)
魚 fish+ 粦 will-o'-the wisp =
鱗 scales
魚 Meaning component
fish
fish
粦 Phonetic component
lín will-o'-the wisp
phosphorus
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Simplified (鳞)
鱼 Yu (surname)+ 粦 will-o'-the wisp =
鳞 fish scales
鱼 Meaning component
yú Yu (surname)
fish
fish
粦 Phonetic component
lín will-o'-the wisp
phosphorus
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Notes
Similar Characters
魠 rare魷 cuttlefish (alt) (trad)鮃 Flatfish A Flatfish (trad)鮑 abalone (trad)鮨 seasoned鮪 kind of sturgeon (trad)鮫 shark (trad)鮭 spheroides (trad)鮮 fresh (trad/jp)鯇 grass (trad)鯉 carp (trad)鯊 shark (alt) (trad)鯔 mullet (trad)鯕 coryphaena hippurus (trad)鯖 mackerel (iii) (trad)鯗 dried fish (alt) (trad)鯛 pagrosomus major (trad)鯡 herring (iii) (trad)鯢 cryptobranchus (trad)鯤 spawn (trad)
Historical Evolution
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Seal
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
鱗
Regular
Modern
Chinese
鳞 / 鱗 [lín]
scales (of fish)
Japanese
鱗 うろこ 、 こけ 、 こけら 、 ウロコ 同音

noun

  1. usually kana scale (of fish, snake, etc.)
  2. usually kana serif (on kana or kanji (e.g. in Mincho font))
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
鱗 うろこ
Uroko surname
鱗 りん
Rin female given name
CHINESE WORDS (20)
遍体鳞伤 [biàn​tǐ​lín​shāng] #29,715
covered all over with cuts and bruises
鳞片 [lín​piàn] #33,326
scale
鱼鳞 [yú​lín] #32,009
fish scales
鳞次栉比 [lín​cì​zhì​bǐ] #38,149
row upon row
鳞状细胞癌 [lín​zhuàng​xì​bāo​'ái] #41,957
squamous cell carcinoma
鳞甲 [lín​jiǎ] #43,776
scale
鳞茎 [lín​jīng] #51,994
bulb
鳞翅目 [lín​chì​mù] #58,582
Lepidoptera (insect order including butterflies 蝶類|蝶类 and moths 蛾類|蛾类)
一鳞半爪 [yī​lín​bàn​zhuǎ] #58,973
lit. one scale and half a claw (idiom); only odd bits and pieces
鳞伤 [lín​shāng] #66,354
cuts and bruises like fish scales
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JAPANESE WORDS (46)
片鱗 [へんりん] #18,563
part
逆鱗に触れる [げきりんにふれる] #25,205
to infuriate one's superior
⭐ 鮎 [あゆ] #33,018
ayu (Plecoglossus altivelis)
鱗粉 [りんぷん] #33,633
(insectile, especially moth) scales
逆鱗 [げきりん] #34,716
one's superior's anger
目から鱗が落ちる [めからうろこがおちる] #63,637
to see the light
魚鱗 [ぎょりん] #79,700
fish scales
鱗状 [りんじょう] #89,882
scaly
銀鱗 [ぎんりん] #96,588
silvery scale
うろこ雲 [うろこぐも] #102,144
cirrocumulus cloud
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KOREAN WORDS (1)
편린
part; portion; bit