淋

Translingual

Han character

淋 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 水木木 (EDD), four-corner 3419₀, composition ⿰氵林)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 629, character 14
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17626
• Dae Jaweon: page 1031, character 8
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1642, character 5
• Unihan data for U+6DCB

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		淋

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (林) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
婪	*ɡ·ruːm
惏	*ɡ·ruːm
啉	*ɡ·ruːm
漤	*ɡ·ruːmʔ
醂	*ɡ·ruːmʔ
林	*ɡ·rɯm
琳	*ɡ·rɯm
淋	*ɡ·rɯm, *ɡ·rɯms
痳	*ɡ·rɯm
箖	*ɡ·rɯm
霖	*ɡ·rɯm
菻	*ɡ·rɯmʔ, *ɡ·rɯms
罧	*slɯmʔ, *srɯms
棽	*r̥ʰɯm, *srɯm
綝	*r̥ʰɯm
郴	*r̥ʰɯm
禁	*krɯm, *krɯms
襟	*krɯm
僸	*krɯms, *ŋɡrɯmʔ
澿	*ɡrɯm
噤	*ɡrɯmʔ, *ɡrɯms
凚	*ɡrɯmʔ, *ɡrɯms
齽	*ɡrɯms

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɡ·rɯm, *ɡ·rɯms) : semantic 氵 (“water”) + phonetic 林 (OC *ɡ·rɯm).

Etymology

Related to 霖 (OC *ɡ·rɯm, “long rain”). Wang (1982) considers this cognate with 淫 (OC *lɯm, “to soak; to drench”). Also compare Min Nan 啉 (lim, “to drink”).

Pronunciation 1

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 淋

1. to pour; to drip; to dribble (liquid flowing down)
2. to flow (down) at great speed; to gush into
3. to drench; to soak; to wet through
4. (Cantonese, Hakka, Xiang) to water; to sprinkle

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lìn, lín

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄣˋ, ㄌㄧㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lam⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lìn
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄣˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lìn
    • Wade–Giles: lin⁴
    • Yale: lìn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: linn
    • Palladius: линь (linʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lin⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan; variant in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lín
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lín
    • Wade–Giles: lin²
    • Yale: lín
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lin
    • Palladius: линь (linʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lin³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: lam⁴
    • Yale: làhm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lam⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: lem⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɐm²¹/

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• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡ·rɯms/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	淋
Reading #	2/2
No.	8172
Phonetic component	林
Rime group	侵
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime
Old Chinese	/*ɡ·rɯms/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 淋

1. to filter; to strain
2. to make wine; to brew liquor
3. (traditional Chinese medicine) strangury; urinary urgency and pain on urination
4. (pathology) gonorrhoea (i.e. “dripping”)

Compounds

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Kanji

淋

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

1. drip
2. desolation
3. lonely

Readings

• Go-on: りん (rin)
• Kan-on: りん (rin)
• Kun: さびしい (sabishii, 淋しい)

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Korean

Hanja

淋 • (rim>im) (hangeul 림>임, revised rim>im, McCune–Reischauer rim>im, Yale lim>im)

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Vietnamese

Han character

淋: Hán Nôm readings: lấm, lâm, lầm, lem, rấm, rướm

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Zhuang

Noun

淋

1. Sawndip form of raemx (“water”)