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霖
霖
Translingual
Han character
霖 (radical 173 雨+8, 16 strokes, cangjie input 一月木木 (MBDD), four-corner 10994)
- 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. |
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
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄣˊ
- Wade-Giles: lin2
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lin
- IPA (key): /lin³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: lam4
- Yale: làhm
- Cantonese Pinyin: lam4
- IPA (key): /lɐm²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Min Nan
- (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
- IPA (key): /lim⁵⁵/
- (Hokkien)
| 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 |
| 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 | 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
- long spell of rain
Compounds
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Japanese
Kanji
霖
- Rain spell, long rain
Readings
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 (lâm, lấm, rầm)
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Yoron
Kanji
霖 (hiragana ながみ, romaji nagami)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [naɡami]
Noun
霖 (hiragana ながみ, romaji nagami)
- rainy season (also 長雨)