淋

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to sprinkle; to drip; to pour; to drench

11 strokes Dict coverage rank #1,858 U+6DCB

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

氵 (semantic, “water”) + 林 (phonetic, lín)

components: 氵林

drench · Heisig RSH #1574

水 water + 林 woods

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 林

Siblings built with the same phonetic component 林 (lín) — compare how they read:

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
林 sound component	lín	forest, grove; surname
禁	jìn	to restrict, to prohibit, to forbid; to endure
琳	lín	a beautiful gemstone
彬	bīn	ornamental; cultivated, refined, well-bred
啉	lín	stupid; slow
霖	lín	monsoon; a long spell of rain
婪	lán	to covet; covetous, avaricious
痲	má	pock-marked; measles; leprosy
郴	chēn	a county in Hunan province; surname

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
狗血淋头	gǒu xuè lín tóu	lit. to pour dog's blood on (idiom); fig. torrent of abuse
淋巴系统	lín bā xì tǒng	lymphatic system
淋巴管	lín bā guǎn	lymphatic vessel
淋巴结	lín bā jié	lymph node; lymph gland
淋巴细胞	lín bā xì bāo	lymphocyte
淋球菌	lìn qiú jūn	gonococcus; Neisseria gonorrhoeae, the pathogen causing gonorrhea
淋巴液	lín bā yè	lymph
淋巴	lín bā	(physiology) (loanword) lymph
淋病	lìn bìng	gonorrhea; Taiwan pr. [lin2 bing4]
淋巴腺	lín bā xiàn	lymph node; lymph gland
日晒雨淋	rì shài yǔ lín	lit. exposed to sun and rain (idiom); fig. exposed to the elements
淋雨	lín yǔ	to get wet in the rain
味淋	wèi lín	variant of 味醂[wei4 lin2]
水淋淋	shuǐ lín lín	dripping wet
淋巴瘤	lín bā liú	lymphoma
淋巴癌	lín bā ái	lymphoma (lay term for 淋巴瘤[lin2 ba1 liu2])
血淋淋	xiě lín lín	bloody; blood-soaked; gory; grisly; cruel; brutal; harsh; grim; bitter
淋溶土	lìn róng tǔ	argosol (soil taxonomy)
冲淋浴	chōng lín yù	to take a shower
淋溶层	lín róng céng	alluvium (soil deposited by rivers)