U+541D "吝" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
U+541D "吝" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily means "stingy," "miserly," or "to grudge" something, conveying a sense of reluctance to share or spend. It is composed of the radical 口 (mouth) over 文 (script or pattern), though its etymology reflects a fusion of components related to speech and action, often associated with being sparing or frugal to a fault. In classical and modern Chinese, it appears in words like 吝啬 (lìn sè) meaning "stingy" and 吝惜 (lìn xī) meaning "to begrudge," and it is also used in Japanese (as 吝, read "rin" or "shibui") with similar connotations of frugality or tightfistedness. This character forms an integral part of the CJK (Chinese, Japanese, and Korean) unified ideograph set, enabling consistent representation across East Asian writing systems.