淋

淋 U+6DCB, 淋 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6DCB ← 淊 [U+6DCA] CJK Unified Ideographs 淌 → [U+6DCC]

淋 U+F9F5, 淋 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F9F5 ← 林 [U+F9F4] CJK Compatibility Ideographs 臨 → [U+F9F6]

Translingual

Han character

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

Derived characters

• 𰃲, 𫶒, 䨬

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

• Unihan data for U+F9F5

Chinese

simp. and trad.		淋
alternative forms		瀶 ancient

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 1

Related to 霖 (OC *ɡ·rɯm, “long rain”). Wang (1982) considers this cognate with 淫 (OC *lɯm, “to soak; to drench”). Also compare Hokkien 啉 (lim, “to drink”) and Teochew 啉 (lim¹, “to drink”).

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): lín, lún, lǘn (lin², lun², lün²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄣˊ, ㄌㄨㄣˊ, ㄌㄩㄣˊ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): nin²

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lam⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): lìm
• Eastern Min (BUC): lìng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): lâm / lîm

  (Teochew, Peng'im): lam⁵ / lim⁵

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶lin

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lín
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lín
    • Wade–Giles: lin²
    • Yale: lín
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lin
    • Palladius: линь (linʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lin³⁵/
      
  • (Beijing dialect)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lún
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄨㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lún
    • Wade–Giles: lun²
    • Yale: lwún
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: luen
    • Palladius: лунь (lunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lu̯ən³⁵/
      
  • (Beijing dialect)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lǘn
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄩㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lyún
    • Wade–Giles: lün²
    • Yale: lyún
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liun
    • Palladius: люнь (ljunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lyn³⁵/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: nin²
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: lin
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nin²¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: lam⁴
    • Yale: làhm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lam⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: lem⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɐm²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lìm
    • Hakka Romanization System: lim^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: lim²
    • Sinological IPA: /lim¹¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: lìng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /l̃iŋ⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lâm / lîm
    • Tâi-lô: lâm / lîm
    • Phofsit Daibuun: laam, liim
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lam²⁴/, /lim²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lam²⁴/, /lim²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lam¹³/, /lim¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /lam²⁴/, /lim²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lam²³/, /lim²³/

Note:

• lâm - vernacular;
• lîm - literary.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: lam⁵ / lim⁵
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lâm / lîm
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lam⁵⁵/, /lim⁵⁵/

Note:

• lam5 - vernacular;
• lim5 - literary.

• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶lin
    • MiniDict: lin^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³lin
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /lin²³/

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• Middle Chinese: lim

Rime
Character	淋
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	侵 (139)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	力尋切
Baxter	lim
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/liɪm/
Pan Wuyun	/lim/
Shao Rongfen	/ljem/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lim/
Li Rong	/liəm/
Wang Li	/lĭĕm/
Bernhard Karlgren	/li̯əm/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lín
Expected Cantonese Reflex	lam4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*r[ə]m/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡ·rɯm/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	淋
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	lín
Middle Chinese	‹ lim ›
Old Chinese	/*r[ə]m/
English	water (v.)
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	淋
Reading #	1/2
No.	8167
Phonetic component	林
Rime group	侵
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	林
Old Chinese	/*ɡ·rɯm/

Definitions

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. to water; to sprinkle

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 澆 (“to pour; to water”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		澆
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	澆
	Taiwan	澆
	Harbin	澆
	Singapore	澆
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	澆
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	澆, 淋
Central Plains Mandarin	Wanrong	淋
	Xi'an	澆, 淋
	Xining	澆
	Xuzhou	澆
Lanyin Mandarin	Ürümqi	澆
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	淋, 飲
	Wuhan	澆, 飲
	Guiyang	淋
	Liuzhou	淋
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	澆
	Yangzhou	澆
	Hefei	澆
Cantonese	Guangzhou	淋
	Hong Kong	淋
	Dongguan	淋
	Yangjiang	淋
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	淋
Gan	Nanchang	澆, 淋
	Lichuan	澆
Hakka	Meixian	淋
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	淋
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	淋
	Wengyuan	淋
	Liannan	淋
	Jiexi	淋
	Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)	沃
	Changting	潑
	Wuping (Yanqian)	沃
	Ninghua	沃
	Ningdu	淋
	Tonggu (Sandu)	淋
	Ganzhou (Panlong)	澆
	Dayu	淋
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	淋
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	淋
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	淋
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	淋
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	淋, 浴
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	沃
	Hong Kong	淋
	Yangxi (Tangkou)	淋
	Yangchun (Sanjia)	淋
	Xinyi (Sihe)	淋
	Xinyi (Qianpai)	淋
	Gaozhou (Xindong)	淋
	Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai)	淋
	Huazhou (Xin'an)	淋
	Lianjiang (Shijiao)	淋
	Lianjiang (Qingping)	淋
	Mengshan (Xihe)	淋
	Luchuan	淋
	Senai (Huiyang)	淋
Huizhou	Jixi	澆
Jin	Taiyuan	澆
	Xinzhou	澆
Northern Min	Jian'ou	沃
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	沃
Southern Min	Xiamen	沃
	Quanzhou	沃
	Jinjiang	沃
	Zhangzhou	沃
	Tainan	沃
	Penang (Hokkien)	沃
	Singapore (Hokkien)	沃
	Manila (Hokkien)	沃
	Chaozhou	沃
	Shantou	沃
	Jieyang	沃
	Bangkok (Teochew)	沃
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	沃
	Leizhou	淋, 沃
	Haikou	沃
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	澆, 淋
Wu	Shanghai	澆
	Shanghai (Chongming)	澆
	Suzhou	澆
	Danyang	澆
	Hangzhou	澆
	Wenzhou	澆, 浰, 淋
	Jinhua	澆, 淋
Xiang	Changsha	淋, 印
	Loudi	淋
	Shuangfeng	淋, 印

Compounds

• 冰淇淋 (bīngqílín)
• 悲泗淋漓
• 日晒雨淋 (rìshàiyǔlìn)
• 淋巴 (línbā)
• 淋水 (lìnshuǐ)
• 淋浴 (línyù)
• 淋淋 (línlín)
• 淋淋漓漓
• 淋溼 / 淋湿 (línshī)
• 淋漓 (línlí)
• 淋溲
• 淋漓痛快
• 淋漓盡致 / 淋漓尽致 (línlíjìnzhì)
• 淋花
• 淋鈴 / 淋铃
• 淋雨
• 淋零
• 淋餘土 / 淋余土
• 溼淋淋 / 湿淋淋 (shīlínlín)
• 狗血淋頭 / 狗血淋头 (gǒuxuèlíntóu)
• 痛快淋漓 (tòngkuàilínlí)
• 興會淋漓 / 兴会淋漓
• 血淋淋
• 血肉淋漓
• 酣嬉淋漓
• 酣暢淋漓 / 酣畅淋漓 (hānchànglínlí)
• 霜淇淋 (shuāngqílín)
• 頭破血淋 / 头破血淋

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

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”)

Synonyms

• (to filter):

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• 濾過 / 滤过 (lǜguò)
• 過淋 / 过淋 (guòlìn)
• 過濾 / 过滤 (guòlǜ)

Compounds

• 淋濾 / 淋滤
• 淋病 (lìnbìng)
• 淋症
• 淋菌
• 淋證 / 淋证
• 過淋 / 过淋 (guòlìn)

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 淋 – see 腍 (“(Cantonese) soft; tender”). (This character is a variant form of 腍).

References

• “淋”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

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)

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”)