lǐn

to shiver with cold or fear

Components

Meaning component
bīng ice

ice

Sound component
report to

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartlimX[r][ə]mʔcold
Zhengzhangb·rɯmʔ
ɡrɯm
Unicodelǐm
lǐm

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica

lǐn to shiver with cold or fear Simplified

Components

Meaning component
bīng ice

ice

Sound component
bǐng, lǐn report to

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode