鳞

鱗
lín
#2,757 most
frequent character
scales (of fish, snakes etc)

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

鳞 combines 鱼 a fish with 粦 lìn, the sound part, differing only in tone. Fish scales were the first meaning, and the word grew to describe things that are scale-like.

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Homophones

HSK 6
淋lín
to drain, to drench, to drip
临lín
. to border, . just before, about to
邻lín
neighbor, adjacent, close to
林lín
(bound form) woods, forest

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