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霖
🇹🇼🇭🇰🇨🇳🇯🇵🇰🇷

long spell of rain

HSK 10
Abstract →Qualities
lín
リン
ながあめ、ながめ
림
Phonosemantic compound. 雨 represents the meaning and 林 represents the sound.
Components
雨 rain+ 林 woods =
霖 long spell of rain
雨 Meaning component
yǔ rain
林 Phonetic component
lín woods
forest, grove
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Notes
Similar Characters
屚 to leak雷 thunder需 need电 electric (simp)雩 offer sacrifice for rain雪 snow雯 cloud patterns雲 cloud (trad/jp)雳 crashing (simp)零 zero雹 hail電 electricity (trad/jp)雾 mist (simp)霁 to clear up after rain (simp)霂 fine霄 sky霅 thunder霆 a sudden peal of thunder震 quake霈 torrential rains
Historical Evolution
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
霖
Regular
Modern
Chinese
霖 [lín]
continued rain
Japanese
長雨 、 霖 ながあめ 、 ながめ 同音
noun long spell of rain
Example Sentences
🇯🇵 (1)
長雨は植物に害をおよぼす。
A long spell of rainy weather is harmful to plants.
Japanese Names
霖 りん
Rin female given name
CHINESE WORDS (5)
张作霖 [Zhāng​Zuò​lín] #33,771
Zhang Zuolin (c. 1873-1928), warlord of Manchuria 1916-1928
张作霖 [Zhāng​Zuò​lín] #33,771
Zhang Zuolin (c. 1873-1928), warlord of Manchuria 1916-1928
田长霖 [Tián​Cháng​lín] #60,000
Chang-lin Tien (1935-2002), Chinese-American professor and chancellor of the University of California, Berkeley 1990-1997
田长霖 [Tián​Cháng​lín] #60,000
Chang-lin Tien (1935-2002), Chinese-American professor and chancellor of the University of California, Berkeley 1990-1997
春霖 [chūn​lín]
spring rains
JAPANESE WORDS (7)
⭐ 長雨 [ながあめ] #50,203
long spell of rain
霖雨 [りんう] #119,764
long spell of rain
秋霖 [しゅうりん] #200,205
long autumn rains
春霖 [しゅんりん]
spring rain
梅霖 [ばいりん]
rainy season
秋霖前線 [しゅうりんぜんせん]
autumn rain front
陰霖 [いんりん]
long period of rain