琳 Stroke Order

琳 [lín] Definitions: 1. 美玉 (měi yù) - Beautiful jade. - Examples: 琳珉 (lín mín) - name of beautiful jade; 琳琅 (lín láng) a. (beautiful jade, metaphor for something beautiful and precious, such as "琳琅满目" – "a feast for the eyes") b. (sound produced by jade stones). 2. 青色玉 (qīng sè yù) - Black jade. - Examples: 琳函 (lín hán) - a jade cover of azure color; 琳宫梵宇 (lín gōng fàn yǔ) - Taoist temple; Buddhist temple; 琳宇 (lín yǔ) - abode of immortals (later used as a euphemism for a Taoist temple). Citations: 1. 《说文》: 琳，美玉也。 2. 《尔雅》: 琳，玉也。 3. 《汉书·司马相如传》: 琳珉昆吾。注: “玉也。” 4. 《书·禹贡》: 厥贡惟救琳琅玕。郑注: “琳，美石也。” Note: The character 琳 (lín) has its origins as a phono-semantic compound, with 玉 (yù) meaning "jade" and 林 (lín) providing the sound.