稟
リン, ヒン, こめぐら

salary in rice

JLPT0 G13 S0 F5000

The top element# is a granary (compare 亶). 稟 adds 禾 grain/rice → *granary* in which rows of harvested crops are stored (compare 厤 as described in 曆) → *conferral*; *grant*; *salary* (← grain conferred as payment; compare 料). Also, *receive a request for (and offer one's opinion)* (to a superior) (← have a request conferred on one by one's superior, considered an honor). A variant form, 禀, replaces 禾 with 示 altar/the supernatural.

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