淫

See also 婬

Translingual

Han character

淫 (radical 85 水+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 水月竹土 (EBHG), four-corner 3211₄, composition ⿰氵㸒)

1. obscene, licentious, lewd

References

• KangXi: page 631, character 9
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17678
• Dae Jaweon: page 1033, character 12
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1654, character 4
• Unihan data for U+6DEB

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Cantonese

Hanzi

淫 (jyutping jam4, Yale yam4)

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Japanese

Kanji

淫

Readings

• On: いん (in)
• Kun: ひたす (hitasu), ほしいまま (hoshiimama), みだら (midara)

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Korean

Hanja

淫 (hangeul 음, revised eum, McCune-Reischauer ŭm, Yale um)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

淫 (pinyin yàn (yan4), yáo (yao2), yín (yin2), Wade-Giles yen⁴, yao², yin²)

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Vietnamese

Han character

淫 (dâm, dầm, đầm, đẫm, đằm, giầm)