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Translingual

Han character

(radical 173 +8, 16 strokes, cangjie input 一月木木 (MBDD), four-corner 10994)

  1. long spell of rain, copious rain

References

  • KangXi: page 1376, character 3
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 42335
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1884, character 32
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 4066, character 14
  • Unihan data for U+9716

Chinese

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*ɡ·ruːm
*ɡ·ruːm
*ɡ·ruːm
*ɡ·ruːmʔ
*ɡ·ruːmʔ
*ɡ·rɯm
*ɡ·rɯm
*ɡ·rɯm, *ɡ·rɯms
*ɡ·rɯm
*ɡ·rɯm
*ɡ·rɯm
*ɡ·rɯmʔ, *ɡ·rɯms
*slɯmʔ, *srɯms
*r̥ʰɯm, *srɯm
*r̥ʰɯm
*r̥ʰɯm
*krɯm, *krɯms
*krɯm
*krɯms, *ŋɡrɯmʔ
澿 *ɡrɯm
*ɡrɯmʔ, *ɡrɯms
*ɡrɯmʔ, *ɡrɯms
*ɡrɯms

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (37)
Final () (139)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () III
Fanqie
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
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 8170
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ɡ·rɯm/

Definitions

  1. long spell of rain

Compounds

  • 愁霖
  • 慳嗇霖悭啬霖
  • 春霖
  • 普降甘霖
  • 沛雨甘霖
  • 甘霖
  • 秋霖 (qiūlín)
  • 霖雨
  • 霖雨蒼生霖雨苍生
  • 霖霖

Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. Rain spell, long rain

Readings


Korean

Hanja

(rim>im) (hangeul 림>, revised rim>im, McCune-Reischauer rim>im, Yale lim>im)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(lâm, lấm, rầm)

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Yoron

Kanji

(hiragana ながみ, romaji nagami)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [naɡami]

Noun

(hiragana ながみ, romaji nagami)

  1. rainy season (also 長雨)