鳞
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scales (of fish, snakes etc)
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How 鳞 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
鱼 (semantic, “fish”) + 粦 (phonetic)
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 粦
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 粦 (—) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 粦 sound component | — | phosphorus |
| 磷 | lín | phosphorus |
| 麟 | lín | female unicorn |
| 嶙 | lín | precipitous, steep, tall |
| 粼 | lín | clear, limpid (as of water) |
| 遴 | lín | to select, to choose; surname |
| 瞵 | lín | to stare at |
| 辚 | lín | the rumbling of wheels |
Words containing 鳞
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 大鳞大马哈鱼 | dà lín dá mǎ hǎ yú | see 大鱗大麻哈魚|大鳞大麻哈鱼[da4 lin2 da2 ma2 ha3 yu2] |
| 大鳞大麻哈鱼 | dà lín dá má hǎ yú | king salmon; Chinook salmon |
| 鳞腹绿啄木鸟 | lín fù lǜ zhuó mù niǎo | (bird species of China) scaly-bellied woodpecker (Picus squamatus) |
| 鳞喉绿啄木鸟 | lín hóu lǜ zhuó mù niǎo | (bird species of China) streak-throated woodpecker (Picus xanthopygaeus) |
| 毛鳞鱼 | máo lín yú | capelin |
| 东鳞西爪 | dōng lín xī zhǎo | lit. a dragon's scale from the east and a dragon's claw from the west; odds and ends (idio… |
| 一鳞半爪 | yī lín bàn zhǎo | lit. one scale and half a claw (idiom); fig. only odd bits and pieces |
| 鳞翅目 | lín chì mù | Lepidoptera (insect order including butterflies 蝶類|蝶类 and moths 蛾類|蛾类) |
| 鳞状细胞癌 | lín zhuàng xì bāo ái | squamous cell carcinoma |
| 遍体鳞伤 | biàn tǐ lín shāng | (idiom) covered all over with cuts and bruises; beaten black and blue |
| 小鳞胸鹪鹛 | xiǎo lín xiōng jiāo méi | (bird species of China) pygmy cupwing; pygmy wren-babbler (Pnoepyga pusilla) |
| 鱼鳞 | yú lín | fish scales |
| 鳞片 | lín piàn | scale (of fish, reptiles etc) |
| 鳞甲 | lín jiǎ | scale; plate of armor |
| 鳞伤 | lín shāng | cuts and bruises like fish scales; terribly cut up |
| 鳞状 | lín zhuàng | scaly; squamous |
| 鳞胸鹪鹛 | lín xiōng jiāo méi | (bird species of China) scaly-breasted cupwing; scaly-breasted wren-babbler (Pnoepyga albi… |
| 鳞翅 | lín chì | scaly wing; Lepidoptera (insect order including butterflies 蝶類|蝶类 and moths 蛾類|蛾类) |
| 鳞次栉比 | lín cì zhì bǐ | row upon row |
| 逆鳞 | nì lín | (Chinese legend) a patch of scales on a dragon's neck that grow in the opposite direction,… |