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CHINESE CHARACTER
- Numbered pinyin
- lin1
- English meanings
- to lift, to carry in one's hand, Taiwan pr. [ling1]
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BUILDING BLOCKS
Structure & components
Left–right structure
Left–right arrangement: left 扌; right 令.
Meaning & sound clues
扌 is identified as the meaning component, associated with “hand”.
令 is identified as the sound component (lìng). Its pronunciation may differ from the modern pronunciation of 拎.
This breakdown describes the written shape. A component's meaning does not always explain the meaning of the whole character.
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Characters with the same pinyin, regardless of tone.
facing
cold; stern
stingy; grudge
forest; surname Lin
gonorrhea
fine jade
rent; hire
neighbor; adjacent
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