# 霖

| 霖 | U+9716, &#38678; 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 1099$_4$, 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
### 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 |

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): lín (lin$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄣˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): lam$^4$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): lìm
    (Hailu, HRS): lim
    (Meixian, Guangdong): lim$^2$
* Eastern Min (BUC): lìng
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): lîm
    (Teochew, Peng'im): 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/
* 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/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: lim
*** Sinological IPA: /lim⁵⁵/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: lim$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /lim¹¹/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: lìng
*** Sinological IPA : /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: lim$^5$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lîm
*** Sinological IPA : /lim⁵⁵/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$lin
*** MiniDict: lin$^去$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$lin
*** 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 | lam$^4$ |
* 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

(Hyōgai kanji)
* Rain spell, long rain

#### Readings

* On (unclassified): りん (rin)
* Kun: ながあめ (nagāme)

## 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

(Hyōgai kanji)

### Noun

霖(ながみ) (nagami)
* Alternative form of 長雨 (“rainy season”)