霖

霖	U+9716, 霖 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9716

← 霕
[U+9715]

CJK Unified Ideographs

霗 →
[U+9717]

Translingual

Han character

霖 (Kangxi radical 173, 雨+8, 16 strokes, cangjie input 一月木木 (MBDD), four-corner 1099₄, composition ⿱雨林)

long spell of rain, copious rain

Derived characters

𫣼, 𪤰, 瀮, 𪴖, 𪼬

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1376, character 3
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 42335
Dae Jaweon: page 1884, character 32
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4066, character 14
Unihan data for U+9716

Chinese

trad.		霖
simp. ^#		霖

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

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): lín (lin²)

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): lam⁴
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): lìm

(Hailu, HRS): lim

(Meixian, Guangdong): lim²
Eastern Min (BUC): lìng
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): lîm

(Teochew, Peng'im): lim⁵
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/
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/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: lim
  - Sinological IPA: /lim⁵⁵/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: lim²
  - Sinological IPA: /lim¹¹/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: lìng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /l̃iŋ⁵³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lîm
  - Tâi-lô: lîm
  - Phofsit Daibuun: liim
  - IPA (Xiamen): /lim²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /lim²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /lim¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /lim²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /lim²³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: lim⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lîm
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lim⁵⁵/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶lin
  - MiniDict: lin^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³lin
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /lin²³/

Middle Chinese: lim

Rime
Character	霖
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
(Zhengzhang): /*ɡ·rɯm/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	霖
Reading #	1/1
No.	8170
Phonetic component	林
Rime group	侵
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	林
Old Chinese	/*ɡ·rɯm/

Definitions

霖

(literary) long spell of rain; continuous rain

Compounds

愁霖
慳嗇霖 / 悭啬霖
春霖
普降甘霖
沛雨甘霖
甘霖 (gānlín)
秋霖 (qiūlín)
霖雨 (línyǔ)
霖雨蒼生 / 霖雨苍生
霖霖
霪霖

Japanese

Kanji

霖

(Hyōgai kanji)

rainy spell, long rain

Readings

Go-on: りん (rin)
Kan-on: りん (rin)
Kun: ながあめ (nagaame)

Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

霖: Hán Nôm readings: lâm, lấm, rầm

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Yoron

Kanji

霖

(Hyōgai kanji)

Noun

霖(ながみ) (nagami)

alternative form of 長雨 (“rainy season”)