鱗 — kanji meaning “scales (fish)”
鱗
scales (fish)
- Meanings
- scales (fish)
- On'yomi
- リン (rin)
- Kun'yomi
- うろこ、こけ、こけら
- Strokes
- 24
- School grade
- 9
- Newspaper frequency
- #2494 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 195
- Chinese reading
- lín — Chinese character page
Words with 鱗
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 逆鱗 | げきりん gekirin | one's superior's anger |
| 片鱗 | へんりん henrin | part; portion; glimpse |
| 鱗粉 | りんぷん rinpun | scale; wing scale |
| 魚鱗 | ぎょりん gyorin | fish scales |
| 鱗片 | りんぺん rinpen | (animal or plant) scale |
| 鱗状 | りんじょう rinjou | scaly; scale-like |
| 鱗茎 | りんけい rinkei | bulb (of a lily, tulip, etc.) |
| 銀鱗 | ぎんりん ginrin | silvery scale; fish |
| 鱗屑 | りんせつ rinsetsu | scale (i.e. of pathologically dry skin) |
| 介鱗 | かいりん kairin | fish and shellfish |
| 骨鱗 | こつりん kotsurin | bony scale (of a fish) |
| 鱗木 | りんぼく rinboku | lepidodendron |
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