霪

霪 · yín

long and heavy rain

Entry ↗

Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
yín
Cantonese
jam4
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

long and heavy rain

Dictionary definitions & readings

霪 yín · heavy rain

CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG · 2026-10-13 · CC BY-SA 4.0

Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
64075.250:yín Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
1378.010:yín Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
437.260:yín Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
yín粵jam4 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
イン Source property ↗
Korean · Hangul
음:1N Source property ↗
Vietnamese · Quốc ngữ
dầm Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
餘針 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
MBEBG Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
1011.4 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
1377.480 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
218.25 Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+972A
Radical
雨 · 173
Strokes
19
Residual strokes
11
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 2 · #6378

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

19 strokes
霪
Strokes
19
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

19 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
yim · 餘針 · 深開三平侵以 · #1055

PHONO-ML, source line 8310; 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
1456.503
kDaeJaweon
1887.090
kHanYu
64075.250
kIRGDaeJaweon
1887.090
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
64075.250
kIRGKangXi
1377.480
kKangXi
1377.480
kKarlgren
276
kMatthews
7435
kMorohashi
42430 42430:E0101
kSBGY
218.25
kSMSZD2003Index
762.01
kCangjie
MBEBG
kFourCornerCode
1011.4
kHKGlyph
4447
kMojiJoho
MJ027850 MJ027850:E0101 MJ027851:E0102
kPhonetic
1476A
kUnihanCore2020
GHJMT
kIICore
AGTH
kIRG_GSource
G0-762F
kIRG_HSource
HB1-C3F9
kIRG_JSource
J0-7046
kIRG_KPSource
KP1-849C
kIRG_KSource
K1-6A40
kIRG_TSource
T1-7946
kIRG_VSource
V0-4674
kRSUnicode
173.11
kTotalStrokes
19
kBigFive
C3F9
kCCCII
215F66
kCNS1986
1-7946
kCNS1992
1-7946
kEACC
215F66
kGB0
8615
kGB1
8615
kJis0
8038
kKoreanName
2015
kMainlandTelegraph
7214
kTGH
2013:6378
kTaiwanTelegraph
7214
kXerox
272:375
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+7135+173.8.11
kCantonese
jam4
kDefinition
long and heavy rain
kFanqie
餘針
kHangul
음:1N
kHanyuPinyin
64075.250:yín
kJapanese
イン
kJapaneseOn
IN
kKorean
UM
kMandarin
yín
kSMSZD2003Readings
yín粵jam4
kTGHZ2013
437.260:yín
kVietnamese
dầm
kXHC1983
1378.010:yín

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

0.10
2dictionary records using 霪0forms using this shape1attributed sound links
⿱ Above / below

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

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿱雨淫$(GHTJKPV)

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