# 淋

| 淋 | U+6DCB, &#28107; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6DCB |
| ← 淊 [U+6DCA] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 淌 → [U+6DCC] |
| 淋 | U+F9F5, &#63989; CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F9F5 |
| ← 林 [U+F9F4] | CJK Compatibility Ideographs | 臨 → [U+F9F6] |

## Translingual
### Han character

淋 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 水木木 (EDD), four-corner 3419$_0$, 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
* Unihan data for U+F9F5

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | 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／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 (lim$^1$, “to drink”).

### Pronunciation 1

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): lín, lún, lǘn (lin$^2$, lun$^2$, lün$^2$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄣˊ, ㄌㄨㄣˊ, ㄌㄩㄣˊ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): nin$^2$
* Cantonese (Jyutping): lam$^4$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): lìm
* Eastern Min (BUC): lìng
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): lâm / lîm
    (Teochew, Peng'im): lam$^5$ / lim$^5$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$lin
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: lín
*** Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄣˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: lín
*** Wade–Giles: lin$^2$
*** Yale: lín
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lin
*** Palladius: линь (linʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /lin³⁵/
** (Beijing dialect)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: lún
*** Zhuyin: ㄌㄨㄣˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: lún
*** Wade–Giles: lun$^2$
*** Yale: lwún
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: luen
*** Palladius: лунь (lunʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /lu̯ən³⁵/
** (Beijing dialect)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: lǘn
*** Zhuyin: ㄌㄩㄣˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: lyún
*** Wade–Giles: lün$^2$
*** Yale: lyún
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liun
*** Palladius: люнь (ljunʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /lyn³⁵/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: nin$^2$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: lin
*** Sinological IPA : /nin²¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: lam$^4$
*** Yale: làhm
*** Cantonese Pinyin: lam$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: lem$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /lɐm²¹/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lìm
*** Hakka Romanization System: lim$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: lim$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /lim¹¹/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: lìng
*** Sinological IPA : /l̃iŋ⁵³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lâm / lîm
*** Tâi-lô: lâm / lîm
*** Phofsit Daibuun: laam, liim
*** IPA (Xiamen): /lam²⁴/, /lim²⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /lam²⁴/, /lim²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /lam¹³/, /lim¹³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /lam²⁴/, /lim²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /lam²³/, /lim²³/
* lâm - vernacular;
* lîm - literary.
* Middle Chinese: lim
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 |
| Baxter | lim |
| 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 |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | lam$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*r[ə]m/
    (Zhengzhang): /*ɡ·rɯm/
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
* 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

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 澆 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 澆 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 澆 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 澆 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 澆 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 澆 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 澆, 淋 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 淋 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 澆, 淋 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 澆 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 澆 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 澆 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 淋, 飲 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 澆, 飲 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 淋 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 淋 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 澆 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 澆 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 澆 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 淋 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 淋 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 淋 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 淋 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 淋 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 澆, 淋 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 澆 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 淋 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 淋 |
| Hakka | Heyuan (Bendihua) | 淋 |
| Hakka | Wengyuan | 淋 |
| Hakka | Liannan | 淋 |
| Hakka | Jiexi | 淋 |
| Hakka | Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan) | 沃 |
| Hakka | Changting | 潑 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Yanqian) | 沃 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 沃 |
| Hakka | Ningdu | 淋 |
| Hakka | Tonggu (Sandu) | 淋 |
| Hakka | Ganzhou (Panlong) | 澆 |
| Hakka | Dayu | 淋 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 淋 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 淋 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 淋 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 淋 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 淋, 浴 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 沃 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 淋 |
| Hakka | Yangxi (Tangkou) | 淋 |
| Hakka | Yangchun (Sanjia) | 淋 |
| Hakka | Xinyi (Sihe) | 淋 |
| Hakka | Xinyi (Qianpai) | 淋 |
| Hakka | Gaozhou (Xindong) | 淋 |
| Hakka | Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai) | 淋 |
| Hakka | Huazhou (Xin'an) | 淋 |
| Hakka | Lianjiang (Shijiao) | 淋 |
| Hakka | Lianjiang (Qingping) | 淋 |
| Hakka | Mengshan (Xihe) | 淋 |
| Hakka | Luchuan | 淋 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 淋 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 澆 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 澆 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 澆 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 沃 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 沃 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 沃 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 沃 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 沃 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 沃 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 沃 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 沃 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 沃 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 沃 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 沃 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 沃 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 沃 |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 沃 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 沃 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 淋, 沃 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 沃 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 澆, 淋 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 澆 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 澆 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 澆 |
| Wu | Danyang | 澆 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 澆 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 澆, 浰, 淋 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 澆, 淋 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 淋, 印 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 淋 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 淋, 印 |

#### 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
    (Pinyin): lìn, lín
    (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄣˋ, ㄌㄧㄣˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): lam$^4$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: lìn
*** Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄣˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: lìn
*** Wade–Giles: lin$^4$
*** Yale: lìn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: linn
*** Palladius: линь (linʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /lin⁵¹/
** (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan; variant in Mainland)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: lín
*** Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄣˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: lín
*** Wade–Giles: lin$^2$
*** Yale: lín
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lin
*** Palladius: линь (linʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /lin³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: lam$^4$
*** Yale: làhm
*** Cantonese Pinyin: lam$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: lem$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /lɐm²¹/
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*ɡ·rɯms/
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
* 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):
* 濾過／滤过 (lǜguò)
* 過淋／过淋 (guòlìn)
* 過濾／过滤 (guòlǜ)

#### Compounds

* 淋濾／淋滤
* 淋病 (lìnbìng)
* 淋症
* 淋菌
* 淋證／淋证
* 過淋／过淋 (guòlìn)

### 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)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Jinmeiyō kanji)
* drip
* desolation
* lonely

#### Readings

* Go-on: りん (rin)
* Kan-on: りん (rin)
* Kun: さびしい (sabishii, 淋しい)

## 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
* Sawndip form of raemx (“water”)