りん
鱗
ぺん
片

noun, takes genitive case の

  1. (animal or plant) scale.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
りん
鱗
ぺん
片
 鱗片 りんぺん

Contained Kanji Breakdown

scales (fish)
リン　うろこ　こけら (Kentei Pre-1)
fish
さかな　ギョ　うお (2nd, N4)
knife, wrapping enclosure(勹) variant
rice field, rice paddy
た　デン　たん (1st, N4)
fire, fire radical (no. 86)
ヒョウ　カ
phosphorus
リン
rice, USA, metre
ベイ　こめ　マイ (2nd, N3)
to divide
tree, wood
き　モク　こ- (1st, N5)
dancing radical (no. 136)
ブ　セン　まい (Kentei Pre-1)
evening
ゆう　セキ　ゆ (1st, N4)
sit or stand astride(跨) variant
one-sided, leaf, sheet
かた-　ヘン (6th, N2)