Chinese Character Wiki
㐭

lǐn

granary

Depicts a building for storing grain.

Evolution

㐭 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
㐭 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
㐭 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
㐭 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
㐭 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

㐭  

lǐn

(same as 廩) a granary, to supply (foodstuff), to stockpile

Component uses

Sound component in 2 characters (2 verified)

禀 稟

Iconic component in 5 characters (5 verified)

禀 稟 啬 嗇 啚

Miscellaneous

Strokes

8

Unicode

U+342D

Shuowen

“，穀所振入，宗廟粢盛，倉黃而取之，故謂之。从入，回象屋形，中有戶牖。廩，或从广，从禾。”


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