霖

霖 U+9716, 霖 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 1099₄, composition ⿱雨林)

1. 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

trad.		霖
simp. #		霖

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (林) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	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 (lin²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lam⁴
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): lìm

  (Meixian, Guangdong): lim²

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): lîm

  (Teochew, Peng'im): lim⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lín
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lín
    • Wade–Giles: lin²
    • Yale: lín
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lin
    • Palladius: линь (linʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lin³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: lam⁴
    • Yale: làhm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lam⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: lem⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɐm²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lìm
    • Hakka Romanization System: lim^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: lim²
    • Sinological IPA: /lim¹¹/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: lim²
    • Sinological IPA: /lim¹¹/
• 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: lim⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lîm
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lim⁵⁵/

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• 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	lam4

• 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

1. (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

霖

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. 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

霖

(Hyōgai kanji)

Noun

霖(ながみ) (nagami) 

1. Alternative form of 長雨 (“rainy season”)