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淋 (lín): meaning and stroke order

淋 (lín) means to sprinkle, to drip, to pour, to drench, to filter, to strain, to drain, gonorrhea.

淋

Simplified
淋
Traditional
淋 (same form)
Pinyin
lín · lìn

Stroke order of 淋

淋

  • lín to sprinkle; to drip
  • lìn to filter; to strain
  • 11 strokes

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 淋

  1. lín
    • to sprinkle
    • to drip
    • to pour
    • to drench
  2. lìn
    • to filter
    • to strain
    • to drain
    • gonorrhea
    • (TCM) strangury

Radical and structure

淋
Radical 水 (Kangxi radical 85) · 11 strokes · 氵 on the left, 林 on the right

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

淋 in our stories

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  • 带雨具的仆人早就先走了，同行的人都被淋得狼狈不堪，一边抱怨一边找地方躲雨。

    dài yǔjù de púrén zǎo jiù xiān zǒu le tóngxíng de rén dōu bèi lín de lángbèibùkān yìbiān bàoyuàn yìbiān zhǎo dìfang duǒ yǔ

    The servants carrying the rain gear had gone on ahead, and his companions, drenched and bedraggled, complained as they looked for shelter.

    From the story Neither wind and rain nor sunshine HSK 7–9 · Level 9

Stories using 淋

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).