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Information about character(s)

Radical:
Radical Strokes: 3
Additional Strokes: 4
Total Strokes: 7
Variants:

Pronunciation

Pinyin: lìn
Cantonese: leon6
JapaneseKun: OSHIMU
JapaneseOn: RIN
Korean: LIN
Vietnamese: lận

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: stingy, miserly, parsimonious

CE-Dict: stingy

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.stingy

朗道漢英字典 - Lang Dao: stingy

懶蟲簡明漢英詞典: stingy

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《口部》吝 恨惜也。从口文聲。《易》曰:“以往吝。”

康熙字典文字版 【丑集上】【口字部】 吝
〔古文〕𠲲𠯌𠴽【唐韻】【集韻】【韻會】【正韻】𠀤良刃切,音藺。【說文】恨也。【易·屯卦】君子幾不如舍往吝。【註】夫君子之動,豈取恨辱哉。故不如舍往吝窮也。又【繫辭】悔吝者,憂虞之象也。 又【說文】惜也。【易·說卦】坤爲吝嗇。【書·仲虺之誥】攺過不吝。【註】無所吝惜。【論語】使驕且吝。【註】吝,鄙嗇也。 又與遴通。【前漢·王莽傳】性實遴嗇。【註】師古曰:遴讀與吝同。 【說文】俗作恡。【廣韻】俗作𠫤。又鄙吝之吝亦作悋。【集韻】或作𠳺𠳈,又鄙吝之吝亦作𢙵。

CF-Dict: avare/mesquin

Han-De-Dict: geizig (u.E.)