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淋

lín, lìn

drip, soak

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 林 represents the sound.

Components
氵 meaning component

氵  Meaning component

shui, shuǐ

  

water

氵 is a component form of 水.

林 sound component

林  Sound component

lín

  

forest

Evolution

淋 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
淋 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
淋 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

淋  

lín

drip, soak, drench; perfectly; to sprinkle; to drip; to pour; to drench

淋  

lìn

to filter; to strain; to drain; gonorrhea; (TCM) strangury

Most common words with 淋
Freq.
Word
Meaning

冰淇淋

ice cream

淋

to drip

淋巴结

lymphatic node

淋浴

shower

淋巴

lymphatic

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*r[ə]m

lim

lín

water (v.)


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 12.2377% of movies

1816th most common character in movies

2168th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

11

Unicode

U+6DCB

Shuowen

“淋，以水也。从水，林聲。一曰淋淋，山下水皃。”


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