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淋

淋

Translingual

Han character

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

References

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

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, 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

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
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /liɪm/
Pan
Wuyun		 /lim/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ljem/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /lim/
Li
Rong		 /liəm/
Wang
Li		 /lĭĕm/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /li̯əm/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 lín
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. (Cantonese, Hakka, Xiang) to water; to sprinkle

Compounds

Pronunciation 2

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. (TCM) strangury; urinary urgency and pain on urination
  4. (pathology) gonorrhoea (i.e. “dripping”)

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

淋

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

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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 (lâm, lấm, lầm, lem, rấm, rướm)

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Zhuang

Noun

淋

  1. Sawndip form of raemx.

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