You Collection, Lower Volume Radical: City (yì) Lín; Kangxi Stroke Count: 19; Page Number: 1278, Entry 08 Ancient script form: lín (variant character) According to the Tang Rhyme Book (Tangyun), pronounced lì zhēn qiè. According to the Collection of Rhymes (Jiyun), Rhyme Book (Yunhui), and Zheng Rhyme Book (Zhengyun), pronounced lí zhēn qiè, phonetically like lín. The Extensive Rhyme Book (Guangyun): Close, intimate. The Zheng Rhyme Book (Zhengyun): To compare. Explications on Names (Shiming): Lín means 'connected', meaning 'mutually joined'. Rites of Zhou (Zhouli), Official of the Earth (Dìguān), Suì Rén section: Five families constitute a lín, five lín constitute a lǐ. Furthermore, adjoining states are also called lín. The Mandate of Cai Zhong (Cài Zhòng zhī Mìng) in the Book of Documents (Shujing): "Live in harmony with your four lín." Moreover, left and right assistants are also called lín. Yi and Ji (Yì Jì) in the Book of Documents (Shujing): "Let them be ministers, let them be lín!" Note: 'Minister' refers to the person, 'lín' refers to the position. Also refers to the sound of carriages. Interchanges with lín (a character pronounced lín with the carriage radical). Odes of Qin (Qínfēng) in the Book of Odes (Shijing): "There were carriages, lín lín." Note: The sound of many carriages. Also, according to the Collection of Rhymes (Jiyun), Rhyme Book (Yunhui), and Zheng Rhyme Book (Zhengyun), pronounced liáng rèn qiè, phonetically like lìn. Interchanges with lìn (a character pronounced lìn with the roof radical). The Collection of Rhymes (Jiyun): Worn out. The Zheng Rhyme Book (Zhengyun): To move. Records of Examination of Craftsmen (Kǎogōng Jì) in the Rites of Zhou (Zhouli), Winter Officials (Dōngguān): "Even if a wheel is worn, it does not lìn the axlehole." Note: Due to the thickness of the wheel, even if stone bites into it, it cannot wear out its axlehole, making it move sideways. The character lìn (a character pronounced lìn with the roof radical) is originally also written as lín. Also, a rhyming variant, pronounced líng yán qiè, phonetically like lián. Lu Ji's Dirge (Lù Jī Wǎngē): "People come and go with the turning year, but I travel with no year of return. In the past, I lived in the homes of the four classes of people; now, I dwell among the myriad ghosts' neighbors." The Correct Character Compendium (Zhèngzìtōng): Originally written as lín, in clerical script as lín (another variant). Now commonly written as lín.