吝

吝 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 卜大口 (YKR), four-corner 0060₄, composition ⿱文口)

• 𠳺, 悋, 𢭹, 𣵰, 𤞼, 𰧄(⿰石吝), 𧋻, 𠞺, 𨁮, 𨦽, 𪊺, 𠓬, 𠡧, 𡘯, 𣁔, 𡂯, 𡫫, 𤶾, 麐

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 177, character 13
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3327
• Dae Jaweon: page 394, character 18
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 594, character 4
• Unihan data for U+541D

• Unihan data for U+F9ED

Historical forms of the character 吝
Shang	Western Zhou	Warring States	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Chu slip and silk script	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Compare Tibetan སྲི (sri, “to be thrifty”), Proto-Central-Chin *ren (“to economize; frugal”) (whence Mizo ren) (Geilich, 1994).

吝

1. stingy; miserly; parsimonious; niggardly

   • 子曰：「如有周公之才之美，使驕且吝，其餘不足觀也已。」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     子曰：「如有周公之才之美，使骄且吝，其余不足观也已。」 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Zǐ yuē: “Rú yǒu zhōugōng zhī cái zhī měi, shǐ jiāo qiě lìn, qíyú bùzú guān yě yǐ.” [Pinyin]

     The Master said, "Though a man have abilities as admirable as those of the duke of Zhou, yet if he be proud and niggardly, those other things are really not worth being looked at."

2. (literary) to regret; to resent

   • 九三，咸其股，執其隨，往吝。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
     九三，咸其股，执其随，往吝。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: I Ching, 11^th – 8^th century BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Jiǔ sān, xián qí gǔ, zhí qí suí, wǎng lìn. [Pinyin]

     The third NINE, undivided, shows one moving his thighs, and keeping close hold of those whom he follows. Going forward (in this way) will cause regret.

3. a surname

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. miserly
2. stingy
3. sparing

• Go-on: りん (rin)
• Kan-on: りん (rin)
• Kun: おしむ (oshimu, 吝しむ)、しわい (shiwai, 吝い)、やぶさか (yabusaka, 吝か)

• 吝(りん)嗇(しょく) (rinshoku)

吝 (eum 린 (rin))

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吝: Hán Nôm readings: lận

1. delude
2. (usually in compounds) fruitless, as in lận đận
3. (as an intensifier) overwhelmingly

吝

1. Sawndip form of ningq (“small; young (as a child)”)