Wu Collection, Upper Volume
Radical: Jade (yù)
Lin
Kangxi strokes: 13
Page 735, Entry 09
Ancient form: Qian
Pronounced lin.
From Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen Jiezi): A beautiful jade.
From Extensive Rhymes (Guangyun): A type of jade.
From Book of Documents (Shujing), Tribute of Yu (Yu Gong): Their tribute consisted of ball, lin, lang, and gan jades.
Commentary: Ball and lin are both types of jade.
From History of the Former Han Dynasty (Qian Han Shu), Biography of Sima Xiangru: Lin, min, and kunwu jades.
Shigu Note: Lin is a type of jade.
Also a personal name.
From Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Table of the Merit Ministers of Emperor Gaozu: Kong Zilin, son of the Marquis of Liao, reached the rank of Various Officials.
Also the name of a country.
From Record of Investigating the Mysterious (Dongmingji): The Qin country is nine thousand li from Chang'an and produces jade-leaf plums, the color of which resembles blue-green jade.