Dong Chinese dictionary

lǐn

granary

Phonosemantic compound. 广 represents the meaning and 稟 represents the sound.

Components

广 Meaning component

yǎn, guǎng

roof

稟 Sound Iconic component

bǐng

report to

Depicts a granary (㐭) for storing grains (禾) in.

廩 and 稟 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in older Chinese.廩 /*p.rimʔ/, /*p.rimʔ/
稟 /*p.rimʔ (dialect: *p.r- > *pr-)/, /*p.rimʔ (dialect: > *p.r- > *pr-)/, /*p.rimʔ/

Evolution

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

廪 (廩)

lǐn

granary; stockpile, store; government granary

Most common words with 廩

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	廪	government granary
	仓廪	(literary) granary

Sources

MTSU Chinese text computing

漢語多功能字庫

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