Save Gender Feminine Usage Japanese Scripts リンリン(Japanese Katakana) 凛々, etc.(Japanese Kanji) Pronounced Pron. REEN-REEN [key] Meaning & History From Japanese 凛 (rin) meaning "dignified, severe, cold". The characters can be in either order or the same character can be duplicated, as indicated by the symbol 々. Other kanji combinations are possible.