淋
2 readings · tap one to hear it
to sprinkle; to drip; to pour; to drench
- HSK 3.0
- Level 7–9
- Old HSK
- Level 6
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 水 +8
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 淋
- Common rank
- #1,858
- Unicode
- U+6DCB
Sound it out + = · + =
Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
How to remember it
drench · Heisig RSH #1574
水 water + 林 woods
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 淋
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 狗血淋头 | lit. to pour dog's blood on (idiom); fig. torrent of abuse | |
| 淋巴系统 | lymphatic system | |
| 淋巴管 | lymphatic vessel | |
| 淋巴结 | lymph node; lymph gland | |
| 淋巴细胞 | lymphocyte | |
| 淋球菌 | gonococcus; Neisseria gonorrhoeae, the pathogen causing gonorrhea | |
| 淋巴液 | lymph | |
| 淋巴 | (physiology) (loanword) lymph | |
| 淋病 | gonorrhea; Taiwan pr. [lin2 bing4] | |
| 淋巴腺 | lymph node; lymph gland | |
| 日晒雨淋 | lit. exposed to sun and rain (idiom); fig. exposed to the elements | |
| 淋雨 | to get wet in the rain | |
| 味淋 | variant of 味醂[wei4 lin2] | |
| 水淋淋 | dripping wet | |
| 淋巴瘤 | lymphoma | |
| 淋巴癌 | lymphoma (lay term for 淋巴瘤[lin2 ba1 liu2]) | |
| 血淋淋 | bloody; blood-soaked; gory; grisly; cruel; brutal; harsh; grim; bitter | |
| 淋溶土 | argosol (soil taxonomy) | |
| 冲淋浴 | to take a shower | |
| 淋溶层 | alluvium (soil deposited by rivers) |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 林 — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 林 sound part | forest, grove; surname | |
| 禁 | to restrict, to prohibit, to forbid; to endure | |
| 琳 | a beautiful gemstone | |
| 彬 | ornamental; cultivated, refined, well-bred | |
| 啉 | stupid; slow | |
| 霖 | monsoon; a long spell of rain | |
| 婪 | to covet; covetous, avaricious | |
| 痲 | pock-marked; measles; leprosy | |
| 郴 | a county in Hunan province; surname |