霖

Information about character(s)

Radical: 雨
Radical Strokes: 8
Additional Strokes: 8
Total Strokes: 16

Pronunciation

Pinyin: lín
Cantonese: lam4
JapaneseKun: NAGAAME
JapaneseOn: RIN
Korean: LIM
Vietnamese: lâm

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: long spell of rain, copious rain

CE-Dict: continued rain

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.continuous heavy rain

朗道漢英字典 - Lang Dao: continuous heavy rain

懶蟲簡明漢英詞典: continuous heavy rain

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《雨部》霖雨三日已往。从雨林聲。

康熙字典文字版 【戌集中】【雨字部】霖
【唐韻】力尋切【集韻】【韻會】犂針切【正韻】犂沉切，𠀤音林。【說文】雨三日已往。从雨林聲。【玉篇】雨不止也。【爾雅·釋天】久雨謂之淫，淫謂之霖。【書·說命】用汝作霖雨。【傳】霖以救旱。【左傳·隱九年】春王正月，大雨霖以震，書始也。凡雨自三日以往爲霖。

CF-Dict: pluie persistante

Han-De-Dict: Dauerregen (S, Met)