淫
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excess; excessive; wanton; lewd; lascivious; obscene; depraved
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 水 +8
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 淫
- Common rank
- #1,368
- Unicode
- U+6DEB
Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
How 淫 is formed
Components 氵 爫 壬
How to remember it
promiscuous · Heisig RSH #2113
水 water + vulture + porter
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 淫
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 富贵不能淫 | not corrupted by wealth and honors | |
| 淫水 | arousal fluid; vaginal lubrication | |
| 自淫 | masturbation | |
| 淫行 | wanton or lascivious behavior; adulterous behavior | |
| 行淫 | to commit adultery | |
| 手淫 | to masturbate; masturbation | |
| 口淫 | oral sex; fellatio | |
| 淫风 | lascivious; wanton | |
| 卖淫女 | prostitute; hooker | |
| 意淫 | to fantasize; (esp.) to have a sexual fantasy about (sb) | |
| 淫书 | obscene book; pornography | |
| 淫乐 | vice; degenerate pleasures | |
| 聚众淫乱罪 | group licentiousness (offense punishable by up to five years in prison in the PRC) | |
| 淫虫 | sex maniac | |
| 淫雨 | excessive rain | |
| 淫威 | abuse of authority; tyrannical abuse | |
| 奸夫淫妇 | adulterous couple | |
| 淫鬼 | lecherous devil | |
| 淫乱 | promiscuous | |
| 饱暖思淫欲，饥寒起盗心 | lechery springs from warmth and nourishment, kleptomania springs from hunger and cold (idi… |