淫

淫 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 水月竹土 (EBHG), four-corner 3211₄, composition ⿰氵㸒)

• 𠽍, 𢴏, 𪱬, 𤎛, 𦹻, 霪, 𱎍

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 631, character 9
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17678
• Dae Jaweon: page 1033, character 12
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1654, character 4
• Unihan data for U+6DEB

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *k-jim ~ k-jum (“house”). Compare Burmese အိမ် (im, “house”).

淫 (*jəm)

1. house

• Hill, Nathan W. (2017) “Songs of the Bailang: A New Transcription with Etymological Commentary”, in Bulletin de l'École française d'Extrême-Orient‎, volume 103, pages 386—429

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *lɯm) : semantic 氵 (“water”) + phonetic 㸒 ().

“to soak; excessive; to let loose; licentious”

Related to 婬 (OC *lɯm, “licentious”), 霪 (OC *lɯm, “heavy rain”) and 霖 (OC *ɡ·rɯm, “continued rain”) (Wang, 1982). More allofams possibly include 瀋 (OC *l̥ʰjɯmʔ, “liquid”) and 沉 (OC *l'um, “to submerge”) (Schuessler, 2007). Probably related to Proto-Sino-Tibetan *l-(t/d)jam (“to fill, flat”).

淫

1. to soak; to permeate; to drench
2. to paint; to dye; to decorate
3. to spread; to diffuse; to become prominent
4. to move around; to shift; to travel
5. to exceed boundary; to overstep one's authority
6. excessive; uncontrolled; immoderate; overindulgent
7. great; sizeable; immense; big
8. (alt. form 霪) to rain for a prolonged period of time; to have continuous heavy rain
9. meretricious; flashy; ostentatious
10. extravagant; squandering; wasteful
11. evil; wicked; sinful; crafty
12. in disorder; disorderly; chaotic; disorganised
13. to confuse or be confused; to make someone dazed and confused

    • 富貴不淫貧賤樂，男兒到此是豪雄。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
      富贵不淫贫贱乐，男儿到此是豪雄。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

      From: circa 1068~1085, Cheng Hao（程顥）,《秋日偶成》, tr. Cui Wenkai

      Fùguì bù yín pínjiàn lè, nán'ér dàocǐ shì háoxióng.

      He who can be impervious to the temptation of wealth and high position, and be happy in impoverishment and humbleness, will surely be a warrior and a hero in this world.

14. to let someone have his or her own way; to allow to run wild
15. (alt. form 婬／淫) to indulge in; to overindulge; to abandon oneself in; to be greedy for
16. (alt. form 婬／淫) to have illicit sexual relations; to commit adultery
17. (alt. form 婬／淫) licentious; obscene; lewd; lascivious; depraved; pornographic

    • 又每見人言：番婦多淫，產後一兩日，即與夫合。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
      又每见人言：番妇多淫，产后一两日，即与夫合。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

      From: c. 1300, 周達觀 (Zhou Daguan), 《真臘風土記》 (The Customs of Cambodia)

      Yòu měi jiàn rén yán: fān fù duō yín, chǎn hòu yī liǎng rì, jí yǔ fū hé.

      Then again, I have often heard people say that the native women are very lascivious, so that a day or two after giving birth they are immediately coupling with their husbands. (Adapted from translation by Peter Harris)

18. Alternative form of 深 (shēn, “deep; deeply”)

淫

1. Only used in 淫預／淫预: Alternative form of 灩澦 / 滟滪 (“a dangerous pile of rocks in the middle of the Yangtze River in Sichuan”)

淫

1. (mythology, historical) Alternative name for 瑤池／瑶池 (Yáochí, “a legendary body of water”).

(Jōyō kanji)

1. lewd; licentiousness

• Go-on: いん (in, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: いん (in, Jōyō)
• Kun: みだら (midara, 淫ら, Jōyō)、あふれる (afureru, 淫れる)、ふける (fukeru, 淫る)、ほしいまま (hoshiimama, 淫)、ひたす (hitasu)、みだす (midasu, 淫す)、おおきい (ōkī, 淫きい)^{←おほきい (ofokii, 淫きい, historical)}、ながあめ (nagaame, 淫)^[1]

From Middle Chinese 淫 (MC yim).

• (Tokyo) いん (Atamadaka – )^[2]
• IPA^(key):

淫(いん) • (in) 

1. lewd; licentious; obscene; indecent
2. excessive; go too far

淫(いん) • (in) 

1. (literary) lewdness; licentiousness; Also used as a nari-adjective: lewd; obscene; licentious

   Synonym: 淫ら (midara)

2. (literary) lust; sexual desire

   Synonyms: 色欲 (shikiyoku), 性欲 (seiyoku)

3. (literary) semen

   Synonym: 精液 (seieki)

淫 • (eum) (hangeul 음, revised eum, McCune–Reischauer ŭm, Yale um)

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淫: Hán Nôm readings: dâm

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