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Translingual
Han character
霖 (Kangxi radical 173, 雨+8, 16 strokes, cangjie input 一月木木 (MBDD), four-corner 10994, composition ⿱雨林)
- long spell of rain, copious rain
Derived characters
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
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Old Chinese
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| 婪
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*ɡ·ruːm
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| 惏
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*ɡ·ruːm
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| 啉
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*ɡ·ruːm
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| 漤
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*ɡ·ruːmʔ
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| 醂
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*ɡ·ruːmʔ
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| 林
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*ɡ·rɯm
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| 琳
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*ɡ·rɯm
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| 淋
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*ɡ·rɯm, *ɡ·rɯms
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| 痳
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*ɡ·rɯm
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| 箖
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*ɡ·rɯm
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| 霖
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*ɡ·rɯm
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| 菻
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*ɡ·rɯmʔ, *ɡ·rɯms
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| 罧
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*slɯmʔ, *srɯms
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| 棽
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*r̥ʰɯm, *srɯm
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| 綝
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*r̥ʰɯm
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| 郴
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*r̥ʰɯm
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| 禁
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*krɯm, *krɯms
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| 襟
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*krɯm
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| 僸
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*krɯms, *ŋɡrɯmʔ
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| 澿
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*ɡrɯm
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| 噤
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*ɡrɯmʔ, *ɡrɯms
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| 凚
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*ɡrɯmʔ, *ɡrɯms
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| 齽
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*ɡrɯms
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Pronunciation
| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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霖
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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8170
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Phonetic
component
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林
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Rime
group
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侵
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Rime
subdivision
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1
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Corresponding
MC rime
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林
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Old
Chinese
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/*ɡ·rɯm/
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Definitions
霖
- (literary) long spell of rain; continuous rain
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
霖
(Hyōgai kanji)
- 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: Hán Nôm readings: lâm, lấm, rầm
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Yoron
Kanji
霖
(Hyōgai kanji)
Noun
霖 (nagami)
- Alternative form of 長雨 (“rainy season”)