霖

霖 · lín

long spell of rain, copious rain

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
lín
Cantonese
lam4
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

long spell of rain, copious rain

Dictionary definitions & readings

霖 lín · continued rain

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Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
64066.140:lín Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
0716.040:lín Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
225.070:lín Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
lín粵lam4 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
リン ながあめ Source property ↗
Korean · Hangul
림:0N Source property ↗
Vietnamese · Quốc ngữ
lâm Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
力尋 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
MBDD Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
1099.4 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
1376.030 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
217.21 Source property ↗
Grammata Serica Recensa · references
0655f Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+9716
Radical
雨 · 173
Strokes
16
Residual strokes
8
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 2 · #6076

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

16 strokes
霖
Strokes
16
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

16 strokes in writing order. Play to watch them, or Step through one at a time.

Modern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.

Words & connections

Dictionary & examples

History & distinctions

Related forms

No simplified/traditional variant assertion retained.

Historical readings

Middle Chinese
lim · 力尋 · 深開三平侵來 · #1047

PHONO-ML, source line 8262; CC BY 4.0. Source-generated reading categories, not modern pronunciation. Attribution & limitations.

Sources & reference

Evidence

Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3 · Official-list coverage

Exact Unihan properties
kCihaiT
1456.101
kDaeJaweon
1884.320
kFennIndex
309.06
kGSR
0655f
kHanYu
64066.140
kIRGDaeJaweon
1884.320
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
64066.140
kIRGKangXi
1376.030
kKangXi
1376.030
kMatthews
4026
kMeyerWempe
1482a
kMorohashi
42335
kNelson
5062
kSBGY
217.21
kSMSZD2003Index
761.10
kCangjie
MBDD
kFenn
492E
kFourCornerCode
1099.4
kHKGlyph
4441
kMojiJoho
MJ027826
kPhonetic
776
kUnihanCore2020
GHJKMPT
kIICore
AGTJHKMP
kIRG_GSource
G0-4158
kIRG_HSource
HB1-C04D
kIRG_JSource
J0-7043
kIRG_KPSource
KP0-D9F3
kIRG_KSource
K0-577D
kIRG_TSource
T1-7276
kIRG_VSource
V1-6B57
kRSUnicode
173.8
kTotalStrokes
16
kBigFive
C04D
kCCCII
215F60
kCNS1986
1-7276
kCNS1992
1-7276
kEACC
215F60
kGB0
3356
kGB1
3356
kJis0
8035
kKoreanName
2015
kMainlandTelegraph
7207
kTGH
2013:6076
kTaiwanTelegraph
7207
kXerox
260:134
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+7132+173.8.8
kCantonese
lam4
kDefinition
long spell of rain, copious rain
kFanqie
力尋
kHangul
림:0N
kHanyuPinyin
64066.140:lín
kJapanese
リン ながあめ
kJapaneseKun
NAGAAME
kJapaneseOn
RIN
kKorean
LIM
kMandarin
lín
kSMSZD2003Readings
lín粵lam4
kTGHZ2013
225.070:lín
kVietnamese
lâm
kXHC1983
0716.040:lín

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

0.10
5dictionary records using 霖0forms using this shape1attributed sound links
⿱ Above / below

Shape description
雨 above 林 · the same shape in all seven regional standards (China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, North Korea, Vietnam)
Source notation ^⿱雨林$(GHTJKPV)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿱雨林$(GHTJKPV)

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