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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
Chinese
| simp. and trad. |
淋 | |
|---|---|---|
| alternative forms | 瀶 ancient | |
Glyph origin
Characters in the same phonetic series (林) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
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
- Cantonese (Jyutping): lam4
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): lìm
- Eastern Min (BUC): lìng
- Southern Min
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 6lin
- 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/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: lam4
- Yale: làhm
- Cantonese Pinyin: lam4
- Guangdong Romanization: lem4
- Sinological IPA (key): /lɐm²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lìm
- Hakka Romanization System: limˇ
- Hagfa Pinyim: lim2
- Sinological IPA: /lim¹¹/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Eastern Min
- Southern Min
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.
- Middle Chinese: lim
- Old Chinese
- (Baxter–Sagart): /*r[ə]m/
- (Zhengzhang): /*ɡ·rɯm/
Definitions
淋
- to pour; to drip; to dribble (liquid flowing down)
- to flow (down) at great speed; to gush into
- to drench; to soak; to wet through
- to water; to sprinkle
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 澆 (“to pour; to water”) [map]
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
- (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/
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: lam4
- Yale: làhm
- Cantonese Pinyin: lam4
- Guangdong Romanization: lem4
- Sinological IPA (key): /lɐm²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Old Chinese
- (Zhengzhang): /*ɡ·rɯms/
Definitions
淋
- to filter; to strain
- to make wine; to brew liquor
- (traditional Chinese medicine) strangury; urinary urgency and pain on urination
- (pathology) gonorrhoea (i.e. “dripping”)
Synonyms
- (to filter):
Compounds
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
Readings
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