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CHINESE CHARACTER
- Numbered pinyin
- lin2
- English meanings
- to sprinkle, to drip, to pour, to drench, to filter, to strain, to drain, gonorrhea, (TCM) strangury
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BUILDING BLOCKS
Structure & components
Left–right structure
Left–right arrangement: left 氵; right 林.
Meaning & sound clues
氵 is identified as the meaning component, associated with “water”.
林 is identified as the sound component (lín). Its pronunciation may differ from the modern pronunciation of 淋.
This breakdown describes the written shape. A component's meaning does not always explain the meaning of the whole character.
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Characters with the same pinyin, regardless of tone.
facing
cold; stern
stingy; grudge
to lift
forest; surname Lin
fine jade
rent; hire
neighbor; adjacent
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