characters


  PINYIN
 

lín


Main meanings:

phosphorus.


HSK - no

STROKES - 17

RADICAL - 石


character

Etymology:

Elements  ----  Stone  石 + ignis fatuus 粦. Phonetic series 粦.

The stone that brights as ignis fatuus 粦. 

Main Words:

磷光 línguāng phosphorescence.

磷肥 línféi phosphate fertilizer.

Discussion and sources

Though most books consider that in this character  粦 is only a phonetic component; the obvious relation between the phosphorus and ignis fatuus shows that there is also a semantic relation.


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