鱗 (leon4 | lin2) : fish scale

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鱗

leon4

lin2

[1] [n] scale (of fish, some reptiles or mammals)
[2] [adj] resembling/like scales

Additional PoS:

Stroke count: 23

Level: 1

Radical: (#195)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

鱗 / 鳞

This word has been viewed 4293 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 22nd Apr 2012 02:05

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鱗莖 leon4 ging3 lin2 jing1 = bulb of a plant

魚鱗 jyu4*2 leon4 yu2 lin2 = fish scales

鱗片 leon4 pin3 lin2 pian4 = a scale

鱗片葉 leon4 pin3 jip6 lin2 pian4 ye4 = scale leaf

遍體鱗傷 pin3 tai2 leon4 seong1 [TW]pian4 [PRC] bian4 ti3 lin2shang1 = covered with cuts and bruises

鱗次櫛比 leon4 ci3 zit3 bei3 lin2 ci4 jie2 [TW] / zhi4 [PRC] bi4[TW] / bi3 [PRC] = row after row of houses; row upon row of buildings

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Decimal representation of this word: 鱗
Unicode code for this character: U+9c57 (off-site link)

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