Friday, June 7, 2013

Wiktionary - Recent changes [en]: 林

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[[w:Old_Chinese|Old Chinese]] [[w:Old_Chinese_phonology#Initials|Initial]] *l- lends semantic value '''Continuum'''. [[w:Old_Chinese_phonology#Tones_and_final_consonants|Final consonant]] *-m lends semantic value '''Encompass'''. {{liushu|p}} of two trees, suggesting a large number of trees growing alongside each other and encompassing villages (compare [[村]]), sacred ground (compare [[禁]]) and other spaces. Source: [http://www.kanjinetworks.com/eng/kanji-dictionary/online-kanji-etymology-dictionary.cfm?kanji_id=LAM01 Howell & Morimoto]

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[[w:Old_Chinese|Old Chinese]] [[w:Old_Chinese_phonology#Initials|Initial]] {{IPAchar|/*l-/}} lends semantic value '''Continuum'''. [[w:Old_Chinese_phonology#Tones_and_final_consonants|Final consonant]] {{IPAchar|/*-m/}} lends semantic value '''Encompass'''. {{liushu|p}} of two trees, suggesting a large number of trees growing alongside each other and encompassing villages (compare [[村]]), sacred ground (compare [[禁]]) and other spaces. Source: [http://www.kanjinetworks.com/eng/kanji-dictionary/online-kanji-etymology-dictionary.cfm?kanji_id=LAM01 Howell & Morimoto]
   
 

===Etymology===

  

===Etymology===

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Translingual[edit]

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Phonosemantic interpretation[edit]

Old Chinese Initial /*l-/ lends semantic value Continuum. Final consonant /*-m/ lends semantic value Encompass. Pictogram (象形) of two trees, suggesting a large number of trees growing alongside each other and encompassing villages (compare 村), sacred ground (compare 禁) and other spaces. Source: Howell & Morimoto

Etymology[edit]

木 (wood) is repeated twice to give the idea of multiple trees (compare 森, 𣓏, 𣛧, 𣡕, 𣡽), thus a forest.

Han character[edit]

林 (radical 75 木+4, 8 strokes, cangjie input 木木 (DD), four-corner 44990, composition ⿰木木)

  1. forest, grove, woods
  2. used as a surname

Derived characters[edit]

References[edit]

  • KangXi: page 516, character 5
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14551
  • Dae Jaweon: page 903, character 19
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1164, character 7
  • Unihan data for U+6797

Cantonese[edit]

Hanzi[edit]

林 (jyutping lam4, Yale lam4)

Hanzi[edit]

林 (POJ lîm, Guangdong lim2, Hagfa Pinyim lim2)

References[edit]

Japanese[edit]

Kanji[edit]

林 (grade 1 "Kyōiku" kanji)

  1. woods; grove; forest; copse

Readings[edit]

Noun[edit]

林 (hiragana はやし, romaji hayashi)

  1. woods

Synonyms[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

林 (hiragana はやし, romaji Hayashi)

  1. A surname​.
  2. A female given name

Proper noun[edit]

林 (hiragana りん, romaji Rin)

  1. A surname​.
  2. A female given name

Usage notes[edit]

As a surname, this reading is more often used by people of Chinese descent, since it is similar to the Mandarin Chinese reading of Lín.

Hanja[edit]

林
Eumhun:

  • Sound (hangeul): 림>임 (revised: rim>im, McCune-Reischauer: rim>im, Yale: lim>im)

Mandarin[edit]

Hanzi[edit]

林 (pinyin lín (lin2), Wade-Giles lin2, Yale lin2)

Middle Chinese[edit]

Han character[edit]

林 (*lim)

Min Nan[edit]

Hanzi[edit]

林 (POJ lîm)

Descendants[edit]

  • (Hokkien dialect) Tagalog: lim

Vietnamese[edit]

Han character[edit]

林 (lâm)
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