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Kanji Detail for 琳 - "beautiful jade, tinkling"

琳

  • Meaning

    琳 means "beautiful jade, tinkling."

    1. Beautiful jade - A precious, lustrous gem.

    2. Tinkling - The sound of jade pieces touching.

  • Tattoo check: 琳

    • Verified meaning: beautiful jade, tinkling
    • Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read りん)

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 琳

    Given names 琳(りん)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    jewel; tinkling of jewelry

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    beautiful jade, gem

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    gem

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    a beautiful gemstone

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    Beautiful jade. 球琳琅玕 appears in (Book of Documents, Tribute of Yu). A tribute from Yong Province.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    rin(リン) リン

  • Kunyomi

    tip
    none

  • Strokes

    tip

    12 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    玉 王 (tama・tamahen・o・ohen)

  • Related Keywords

    beautiful jade tinkling resonance precious stone gem lustrous exquisite brilliant elegant radiant sparkling polished refined green ornament rare

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