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淋

淋 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. そそぐ。水をそそぐ。
  2. ひたる。ひたす。
  3. ながあめ。
  4. りん病。性病の一種。
  5. （国訓）さびしい。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「水」 + 音符「林」。「したたる」を意味する漢語｛淋｝を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

lonely, deserted

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • リン
Kun (native)
  • さび(しい)
  • さみ(しい)
Other languages
  • 拼音lin2
  • 拼音lin4
  • 한글rim
  • Hán-ViệtLâm

Basics

Strokes
11 strokes
Radical
水(みず)
JIS level
Level 1
Unicode
U+6DCB

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰氵林

Words using this kanji

  • 淋巴リンパ「リンパ」の漢字表記。lymph
  • 淋病りんびょう淋菌の感染による性感染症。gonorrhea, gonorrhoea
  • 淋菌りんきん淋病を引き起こす微生物などのこと。gonococcus (Neisseria gonorrhoeae)
  • 淋疾りんしつ淋菌による性感染症の一つ。淋病。gonorrhea, gonorrhoea
  • 淋漓りんり水・汗・血などが滴り落ちるさま。 勢いなどが溢れ出るさま。(dripping) profusely, heavily, freely, brimming (with an emotion, etc.)
  • 淋毒りんどく淋菌による毒素。gonorrhoea, gonorrhea, the clap

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(13 results)

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Lookup codes

SKIP
1-3-8
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3419.0
Spahn–Hadamitzky
3a8.6
Heisig
2403
Nelson
2595