磷

See also: 燐

磷 U+78F7, 磷 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-78F7 ← 磶 [U+78F6] CJK Unified Ideographs 磸 → [U+78F8]

Translingual

Han character

磷 (Kangxi radical 112, 石+12, 17 strokes, cangjie input 一口火木手 (MRFDQ), four-corner 1965₉, composition ⿰石粦)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 836, character 29
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24481
• Dae Jaweon: page 1253, character 27
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2457, character 7
• Unihan data for U+78F7

Chinese

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (粦) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
潾	*rriːn, *rin
膦	*renʔ
憐	*riːn
燐	*rin, *rins
鄰	*rin
轔	*rin, *rins
嶙	*rin, *rinʔ
粼	*rin, *rins
磷	*rin, *rins
疄	*rin, *rins
麟	*rin
鱗	*rin
璘	*rin
翷	*rin
瞵	*rin, *rins
獜	*rin, *reːŋ
驎	*rin
鏻	*rin, *rins, *reːŋ
繗	*rin
僯	*rinʔ
橉	*rinʔ, *rins
撛	*rinʔ, *rins
遴	*rins
粦	*rins
甐	*rins

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *rin, *rins) : semantic 石 (“stone”) + phonetic 粦 (OC *rins).

Etymology 1

Chemical element
P
Previous: 硅 (guī), 矽 (xī) (Si)
Next: 硫 (liú) (S)

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

trad.		磷
simp. #		磷
2nd round simp.		砱

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lín (lin²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): leon⁴
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): lîn

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ling⁵

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶lin

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lín
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lín
    • Wade–Giles: lin²
    • Yale: lín
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lin
    • Palladius: линь (linʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lin³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: leon⁴
    • Yale: lèuhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: loen⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: lên⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɵn²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lîn
    • Tâi-lô: lîn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: liin
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lin²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lin²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lin¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /lin²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lin²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ling⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lîng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /liŋ⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶lin
    • MiniDict: lin^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³lin
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /lin²³/

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• Middle Chinese: lin

Rime
Character	磷
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	眞 (43)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	力珍切
Baxter	lin
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/liɪn/
Pan Wuyun	/lin/
Shao Rongfen	/ljen/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lin/
Li Rong	/liĕn/
Wang Li	/lĭĕn/
Bernhard Karlgren	/li̯ĕn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lín
Expected Cantonese Reflex	lan4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*rin/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	磷
Reading #	1/2
No.	8199
Phonetic component	粦
Rime group	眞
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	㷠
Old Chinese	/*rin/
Notes	同粼見史記

Definitions

磷

1. ignis fatuus
2. (chemistry) phosphorus
3. fragment of stone

Compounds

• 三氯化磷 (sānlǜhuàlín)
• 五氯化磷 (wǔlǜhuàlín)
• 亞磷酸 / 亚磷酸 (yàlínsuān)
• 卵磷脂 (luǎnlínzhī)
• 白磷 (báilín)
• 磨而不磷
• 磷光 (línguāng)
• 磷化物
• 磷火 (línhuǒ)
• 磷灰石 (línhuīshí)
• 磷磷 (línlín)
• 磷礦 / 磷矿 (Línkuàng)
• 磷肥
• 磷脂質 / 磷脂质
• 磷蝦 / 磷虾 (línxiā)
• 磷酸 (línsuān)
• 磷酸礦 / 磷酸矿
• 磷酸鈣 / 磷酸钙 (línsuāngài)
• 紅磷 / 红磷 (hónglín)
• 紫磷 (zǐlín)
• 赤磷
• 黃磷 / 黄磷 (huánglín)
• 黑磷 (hēilín)

 

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

trad.		磷
simp. #		磷

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lìn (lin⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄣˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): leon⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lìn
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄣˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lìn
    • Wade–Giles: lin⁴
    • Yale: lìn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: linn
    • Palladius: линь (linʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lin⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: leon⁶
    • Yale: leuhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: loen⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: lên⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɵn²²/

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• Middle Chinese: linH

Rime
Character	磷
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	眞 (43)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	良刃切
Baxter	linH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/liɪnH/
Pan Wuyun	/linH/
Shao Rongfen	/ljenH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/linH/
Li Rong	/liĕnH/
Wang Li	/lĭĕnH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/li̯ĕnH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lìn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	lan6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*rins/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	磷
Reading #	2/2
No.	8216
Phonetic component	粦
Rime group	眞
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	遴
Old Chinese	/*rins/
Notes	見論語

Definitions

磷

1. thin
2. blemish
3. stain
4. unimpeded
5. mica

Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

trad.		磷
simp. #		磷

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lǐn (lin³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄣˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lǐn
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄣˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lǐn
    • Wade–Giles: lin³
    • Yale: lǐn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liin
    • Palladius: линь (linʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lin²¹⁴/

Definitions

磷

1. stony

Etymology 4

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

trad.		磷
simp. #		磷

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): líng (ling²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ling⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: líng
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: líng
    • Wade–Giles: ling²
    • Yale: líng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ling
    • Palladius: лин (lin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /liŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: ling⁴
    • Yale: lìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ling⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ling⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɪŋ²¹/

Definitions

磷

1. Only used in 砰磷.

References

• “磷”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
• zi.tools

Japanese

Kanji

磷

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. flaked rock
2. luster

Readings

• Go-on: りん (rin)
• Kan-on: りん (rin)
• Kun: うすらぐ (usuragu, 磷らぐ)、ながれる (nagareru, 磷れる)

Korean

Hanja

磷 • (rin>in) (hangeul 린>인, revised rin>in, McCune–Reischauer rin>in, Yale lin>in)

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Vietnamese

Han character

磷: Hán Nôm readings: lân, lấn

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References

• Thiều Chửu : Hán Việt Tự Điển Hà Nội 1942
• Trần Văn Chánh: Từ Điển Hán Việt NXB Trẻ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999
• Vũ Văn Kính: Đại Tự Điển Chữ Nôm, NXB Văn Nghệ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999