淋 — Chinese character
淋
lín
to drench, to drip, to soak; perfectly
- Pinyin
- lín
- Radical
- 85 ⽔ (Water)
- Strokes
- 11
- Components
- 氵 林
- Formation
- pictophonetic — water; meaning component 氵; sound component 林
- Japanese
- 淋 as a kanji
Common words with 淋
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 冰淇淋 | bīng qí lín | ice cream |
| 淋浴 | lín yù | to take a shower; shower |
| 淋漓尽致 (淋漓盡致) | lín lí jìn zhì | lit. extreme saturation (idiom); fig. vividly and thoroughly |
| 血淋淋 | xiě lín lín | bloody; blood-soaked; gory; grisly; cruel; brutal; harsh; grim; bitter |
| 淋巴 | lín bā | (physiology) (loanword) lymph |
| 淋漓 | lín lí | dripping wet; pouring |
| 淋巴细胞 (淋巴細胞) | lín bā xì bāo | lymphocyte |
| 淋巴结 (淋巴結) | lín bā jié | lymph node; lymph gland |
| 淋巴瘤 | lín bā liú | lymphoma |
| 淋湿 (淋濕) | lín shī | to get soaked |
| 淋雨 | lín yǔ | to get wet in the rain |
| 淋病 | lìn bìng | gonorrhea; Taiwan pr. [lin2 bing4] |
English words written with 淋
淋 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Zhuangzi 1
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.