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啉

lín
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 chemical-name syllable (in organic compound names)

Examples

HSK 5
卟啉在人体中起重要作用。
Bǔlín zài réntǐ zhōng qǐ zhòngyào zuòyòng.
Porphyrin plays an important role in the body.
HSK 7-9
喹啉是一种含氮的有机物。
Kuí lín shì yì zhǒng hán dàn de yǒujīwù.
Quinoline is an organic compound with a nitrogen-containing ring.

Tips

usage
Mainly a sound-transcription character for organic chemistry names like 喹啉 (quinoline) and 卟啉 (porphyrin). An older sense "foolish" exists but is essentially obsolete.

Components

radical
口 kǒu
mouth
The mouth radical commonly marks characters coined to transcribe foreign sounds, which is exactly the role 啉 plays in chemical loanwords.
phonetic
林 lín
forest
Two trees stacked side by side give the pure sound lín, with no bearing on meaning in the modern chemistry usage.

Stroke Order

啉 lín