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lìn

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lìn Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
lìn | lin4
English translation
hay, straw; surname

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About lìn

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Number of strokes

14

Traditional form

lìn

Contains the radical

cǎo

Part of speech

Name of a person / 人名 rén míng Rénmíng

Learning hint

grass

Etymology of lìn

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

cǎo 门隹

Semantic compound

cǎo

Phonetic compound

Mén

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Words with lìn

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
lìn surname Lin lìn
蔺相如 Lìn Xiāng rú Ling Xiangru (dates unknown, 3rd century BC), famous statesman of Zhao 趙國|赵国 Zhào Guó 藺相如
古蔺 Gǔ lìn Gulin county in Luzhou 瀘州|泸州 Lú zhōu [Lú​zhōu], Sichuan古藺
古蔺县 Gǔ lìn xiàn Gulin county in Luzhou 瀘州|泸州 Lú zhōu [Lú​zhōu], Sichuan古藺縣

lìn Decomposition & Compounds

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