See also:
U+6190, 憐
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6190

[U+618F]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+6191]
U+F98F, 憐
CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F98F

[U+F98E]
CJK Compatibility Ideographs
[U+F990]

Translingual edit

Han character edit

(Kangxi radical 61, +12, 16 strokes, cangjie input 心火木手 (PFDQ), four-corner 99059, composition )

References edit

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 402, character 12
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11206
  • Dae Jaweon: page 742, character 14
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2356, character 7
  • Unihan data for U+6190

Chinese edit

trad.
simp.*

Glyph origin edit

Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声, OC *riːn) : semantic (heart) + phonetic (OC *rins).

Etymology edit

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *d-rin (compassion; love). Cognate with Tibetan དྲིན (drin, kindness; favour; grace).

Pronunciation edit


Note:
  • lîn - vernacular;
  • liân - literary.
Note:
  • liang5 - Shantou;
  • liêng5 - Chaozhou.

Rime
Character
Reading #1/1
Initial () (37)
Final () (85)
Tone (調)Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)Open
Division ()IV
Fanqie
Baxterlen
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/len/
Pan
Wuyun
/len/
Shao
Rongfen
/lɛn/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/lɛn/
Li
Rong
/len/
Wang
Li
/lien/
Bernard
Karlgren
/lien/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
lián
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
lin4
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading #1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
lián
Middle
Chinese
‹ len ›
Old
Chinese
/*rˁiŋ/
Englishlove; pity

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
Reading #1/1
No.8193
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*riːn/

Definitions edit

  1. to pity; to sympathize
    Synonym: 憐憫怜悯 (liánmǐn)
  2. to love tenderly

Compounds edit

Japanese edit

Kanji edit

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

  1. sympathy
  2. pity
  3. treasure
  4. dote on

Readings edit

Korean edit

Hanja edit

(eumhun 불쌍히 여길 (bulssanghi yeogil ryeon), South Korea 불쌍히 여길 (bulssanghi yeogil yeon))

  1. Hanja form? of / (pity, sympathize).

Vietnamese edit

Han character edit

: Hán Nôm readings: lân, liên

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