吝

吝 U+541D, 吝
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-541D
← 吜
[U+541C] 		CJK Unified IdeographsCategory:CJK Unified Ideographs block#*0000021533 吞 →
[U+541E]
Category:Han script characters#%20
Category:Character boxes with images#*0000063981
吝 U+F9ED, 吝
CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F9ED
← 溺
[U+F9EC] 		CJK Compatibility IdeographsCategory:CJK Compatibility Ideographs block#*0000063981 燐 →
[U+F9EE]
Category:Unspecified script characters#%20

Translingual

Han character

吝Category:Translingual lemmas#口04吝Category:Translingual terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys#口04吝Category:Translingual symbols#口04吝Category:Translingual terms with redundant script codes#口04吝Category:Translingual entries with incorrect language header#口04吝Category:Pages with entries#吝Category:Pages with 6 entries#吝 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+4, 7 strokes, Cangjie input 卜大口 (YKR), four-corner 00604, composition ⿱文口)Category:Han script characters#口04吝

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 177, character 13
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3327
  • Dae Jaweon: page 394, character 18
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 594, character 4
  • Unihan data for U+541D

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 吝
alternative forms
恡
悋
㖁
𠫤
𠯛
恡
悋
㖁
𠫤
𠯛
𠯌
𠳈
𠳺
𠲲
𠳻
𠴽
𢙵
 

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 吝
Shang Western Zhou Warring States Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Chu slip and silk script Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts

Etymology

Compare Tibetan སྲི (sri, “to be thrifty”), Proto-Central-Chin *ren (“to economize; frugal”)Category:Undetermined language links#吝 (whence Mizo ren) (Geilich, 1994).

Pronunciation

Note: liêng6 - Chaozhou.
Rime
Character 吝
Reading # 1/1
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
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 吝
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 lìn
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ linH ›
Old
Chinese		 /*mə.rə[n]-s/
English stingy

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 吝
Reading # 1/1
No. 8230
Phonetic
component		 吝
Rime
group		 眞
Rime
subdivision		 1
Corresponding
MC rime		 遴
Old
Chinese		 /*m·rins/
Notes 本文聲
Category:Chinese lemmas#口04Category:Mandarin lemmas#口04Category:Sichuanese lemmas#口04Category:Cantonese lemmas#口04Category:Taishanese lemmas#口04Category:Hakka lemmas#口04Category:Jin lemmas#口04Category:Northern Min lemmas#口04Category:Eastern Min lemmas#口04Category:Hokkien lemmas#口04Category:Teochew lemmas#口04Category:Wu lemmas#口04Category:Xiang lemmas#口04Category:Middle Chinese lemmas#口04Category:Old Chinese lemmas#口04Category:Chinese hanzi#口04Category:Mandarin hanzi#口04Category:Sichuanese hanzi#口04Category:Cantonese hanzi#口04Category:Taishanese hanzi#口04Category:Hakka hanzi#口04Category:Jin hanzi#口04Category:Northern Min hanzi#口04Category:Eastern Min hanzi#口04Category:Hokkien hanzi#口04Category:Teochew hanzi#口04Category:Wu hanzi#口04Category:Xiang hanzi#口04Category:Middle Chinese hanzi#口04Category:Old Chinese hanzi#口04Category:Chinese adjectives#口04Category:Mandarin adjectives#口04Category:Sichuanese adjectives#口04Category:Cantonese adjectives#口04Category:Taishanese adjectives#口04Category:Hakka adjectives#口04Category:Jin adjectives#口04Category:Northern Min adjectives#口04Category:Eastern Min adjectives#口04Category:Hokkien adjectives#口04Category:Teochew adjectives#口04Category:Wu adjectives#口04Category:Xiang adjectives#口04Category:Middle Chinese adjectives#口04Category:Old Chinese adjectives#口04Category:Chinese verbs#口04Category:Mandarin verbs#口04Category:Sichuanese verbs#口04Category:Cantonese verbs#口04Category:Taishanese verbs#口04Category:Hakka verbs#口04Category:Jin verbs#口04Category:Northern Min verbs#口04Category:Eastern Min verbs#口04Category:Hokkien verbs#口04Category:Teochew verbs#口04Category:Wu verbs#口04Category:Xiang verbs#口04Category:Middle Chinese verbs#口04Category:Old Chinese verbs#口04Category:Chinese proper nouns#口04Category:Mandarin proper nouns#口04Category:Sichuanese proper nouns#口04Category:Cantonese proper nouns#口04Category:Taishanese proper nouns#口04Category:Hakka proper nouns#口04Category:Jin proper nouns#口04Category:Northern Min proper nouns#口04Category:Eastern Min proper nouns#口04Category:Hokkien proper nouns#口04Category:Teochew proper nouns#口04Category:Wu proper nouns#口04Category:Xiang proper nouns#口04Category:Middle Chinese proper nouns#口04Category:Old Chinese proper nouns#口04Category:Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation#口04Category:Chinese terms spelled with 吝#口04

Definitions

吝Category:Chinese lemmas#口04Category:Chinese hanzi#口04Category:Chinese entries with incorrect language header#口04Category:Pages with entries#吝Category:Pages with 6 entries#吝

  1. stingy; miserly; parsimonious; niggardly
  2. (literaryCategory:Chinese literary terms#口04) to regret; to resent
  3. a surnameCategory:Chinese surnames#口04

Synonyms

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

吝

(Hyōgai kanji)

Category:Japanese kanji#口04Category:Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys#口04Category:Japanese hyōgai kanji#口04
  1. miserly
  2. stingy
  3. sparing

Readings

Compounds

Definitions

Kanji in this term
吝
けち
Hyōgai
kun'yomi
Category:Japanese terms spelled with 吝 read as けち#けちCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#けちCategory:Japanese terms read with kun'yomi#けち
For pronunciation and definitions of 吝 – see the following entry.
【けちケチ】 Category:Japanese nouns#けちCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#けちCategory:Japanese lemmas#けちCategory:Japanese terms spelled with hyōgai kanji#けちCategory:Japanese terms with 1 kanji#けちCategory:Japanese terms spelled with 吝#けちCategory:Japanese single-kanji terms#けちCategory:Japanese nouns#けちCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#けちCategory:Japanese lemmas#けちCategory:Japanese terms spelled with hyōgai kanji#けちCategory:Japanese terms with 1 kanji#けちCategory:Japanese terms spelled with 吝#けちCategory:Japanese single-kanji terms#けちCategory:Japanese adjectives#けちCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#けちCategory:Japanese lemmas#けちCategory:Japanese terms spelled with hyōgai kanji#けちCategory:Japanese terms with 1 kanji#けちCategory:Japanese terms spelled with 吝#けちCategory:Japanese single-kanji terms#けち
[noun] miser; tightwad
[noun] miserliness; stinginess
[adjective] stingy, miserly
Alternative spelling
吝嗇
(This term, 吝, is an alternative spelling (uncommonCategory:Japanese terms with uncommon senses#けち) of the above term.)
Category:Japanese entries with incorrect language header#けちCategory:Pages with entries#吝Category:Pages with 6 entries#吝

Korean

Hanja

吝 (eum 린 (rin)Category:Korean links with redundant wikilinks#吝Category:Korean links with redundant alt parameters#吝)Category:Korean lemmas#린Category:Korean terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys#린Category:Korean hanja#린Category:Korean entries with incorrect language header#린Category:Pages with entries#吝Category:Pages with 6 entries#吝

  1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.Category:Requests for definitions in Korean entries#口04Category:Korean terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys#口04

Vietnamese

Han character

吝: Hán Việt readings: lận[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8], lẫn[6][7]Category:Vietnamese Chữ Hán#口04 Category:Vietnamese lemmas Category:Vietnamese Han characters
吝: Nôm readings: lần[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8], lận[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8], lẩn[1][2][3][4][5][7][8], lấn[1][3][4][5][6][7][8], lẫn[1][2][3][4][5][8], lờn[1][4][6][7][8], lớn[2][3][4][6][8], lặn[1][2], rắn[1][2], rằn[3][5], lằn[4][8], lẵn[6][8], lộn[1], nần[2], liền[3], lẳn[7], làn[8], lợn[8]Category:Vietnamese Nom#口04 Category:Vietnamese lemmas Category:Vietnamese Han characters

  1. chữ Hán form of lận (“miserly”)Category:Vietnamese Chữ Hán
  2. chữ Nôm form of lặn (“to dive; (of the sun) to set”)Category:Vietnamese Nom
  3. chữ Nôm form of lấn (“to encroach (on); to trespass (against); to invade”)Category:Vietnamese Nom
  4. chữ Nôm form of lầnCategory:Vietnamese Nom
    1. time; instance; occurrence
    2. one turn after another
  5. chữ Nôm form of lẩnCategory:Vietnamese Nom
    1. to quickly hide before being seen
    2. used in lẩn quẩn (“alternative form of luẩn quẩn”)
  6. chữ Nôm form of lẫn (“to confuse; to mistake (one for another); to be mixed up (with)”)Category:Vietnamese Nom
  7. chữ Nôm form of lậnCategory:Vietnamese Nom
    1. to deceive; to delude
    2. used in lận đận (“beset with difficulties; unsuccessful; ill-starred”)
  8. chữ Nôm form of rắn (“hard; firm; rigid”)Category:Vietnamese Nom

Compounds

References

Zhuang

Adjective

吝Category:Zhuang lemmas#口04Category:Zhuang adjectives#口04Category:Zhuang entries with incorrect language header#口04Category:Pages with entries#吝Category:Pages with 6 entries#吝

  1. Sawndip form of ningq (“small; young (as a child)”)Category:Zhuang Sawndip forms#口04
Category:CJK Compatibility Ideographs block Category:CJK Unified Ideographs block Category:Cantonese adjectives Category:Cantonese hanzi Category:Cantonese lemmas Category:Cantonese proper nouns Category:Cantonese verbs Category:Character boxes with images Category:Chinese adjectives Category:Chinese hanzi Category:Chinese lemmas Category:Chinese literary terms Category:Chinese proper nouns Category:Chinese surnames Category:Chinese terms spelled with 吝 Category:Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation Category:Chinese verbs Category:Classical Chinese terms with quotations Category:Eastern Min adjectives Category:Eastern Min hanzi Category:Eastern Min lemmas Category:Eastern Min proper nouns Category:Eastern Min verbs Category:Hakka adjectives Category:Hakka hanzi Category:Hakka lemmas Category:Hakka proper nouns Category:Hakka verbs Category:Han script characters Category:Hokkien adjectives Category:Hokkien hanzi Category:Hokkien lemmas Category:Hokkien proper nouns Category:Hokkien verbs Category:Japanese adjectives Category:Japanese hyōgai kanji Category:Japanese kanji Category:Japanese kanji with goon reading りん Category:Japanese kanji with kan'on reading りん Category:Japanese kanji with kun reading お・しむ Category:Japanese kanji with kun reading けち Category:Japanese kanji with kun reading しわ・い Category:Japanese kanji with kun reading やぶさ・か Category:Japanese lemmas Category:Japanese nouns Category:Japanese single-kanji terms Category:Japanese terms read with kun'yomi Category:Japanese terms spelled with hyōgai kanji Category:Japanese terms spelled with 吝 Category:Japanese terms spelled with 吝 read as けち Category:Japanese terms with 1 kanji Category:Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations Category:Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Category:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Category:Japanese terms with redundant transliterations Category:Japanese terms with uncommon senses Category:Jin adjectives Category:Jin hanzi Category:Jin lemmas Category:Jin proper nouns Category:Jin verbs Category:Korean hanja Category:Korean lemmas Category:Korean links with redundant alt parameters Category:Korean links with redundant wikilinks Category:Korean terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Category:Mandarin adjectives Category:Mandarin hanzi Category:Mandarin lemmas Category:Mandarin links with redundant target parameters Category:Mandarin proper nouns Category:Mandarin verbs Category:Middle Chinese adjectives Category:Middle Chinese hanzi Category:Middle Chinese lemmas Category:Middle Chinese proper nouns Category:Middle Chinese verbs Category:Northern Min adjectives Category:Northern Min hanzi Category:Northern Min lemmas Category:Northern Min proper nouns Category:Northern Min verbs Category:Old Chinese adjectives Category:Old Chinese hanzi Category:Old Chinese lemmas Category:Old Chinese proper nouns Category:Old Chinese verbs Category:Pages with 6 entries Category:Pages with entries Category:Requests for definitions in Korean entries Category:Sichuanese adjectives Category:Sichuanese hanzi Category:Sichuanese lemmas Category:Sichuanese proper nouns Category:Sichuanese verbs Category:Taishanese adjectives Category:Taishanese hanzi Category:Taishanese lemmas Category:Taishanese proper nouns Category:Taishanese verbs Category:Teochew adjectives Category:Teochew hanzi Category:Teochew lemmas Category:Teochew proper nouns Category:Teochew verbs Category:Translingual lemmas Category:Translingual symbols Category:Translingual terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Category:Translingual terms with redundant script codes Category:Undetermined language links Category:Unspecified script characters Category:Vietnamese Chữ Hán Category:Vietnamese Han characters Category:Vietnamese Nom Category:Vietnamese lemmas Category:Vietnamese terms with quotations Category:Wu adjectives Category:Wu hanzi Category:Wu lemmas Category:Wu proper nouns Category:Wu verbs Category:Xiang adjectives Category:Xiang hanzi Category:Xiang lemmas Category:Xiang proper nouns Category:Xiang verbs Category:Zhuang Sawndip forms Category:Zhuang adjectives Category:Zhuang lemmas