淫

See also: 婬
淫 U+6DEB, 淫
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6DEB
← 淪
[U+6DEA] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 淬 →
[U+6DEC]

Translingual

Han character

淫 (radical 85, 水+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 水月竹土 (EBHG), four-corner 32114, composition ⿰氵㸒)

References

  • KangXi: page 631, character 9
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17678
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1033, character 12
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1654, character 4
  • Unihan data for U+6DEB

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 淫

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (淫) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
淫 *lɯm
霪 *lɯm
婬 *lɯm

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *lɯm) : semantic 氵 (“water”) + phonetic 㸒.

Etymology

“to soak; excessive; to let loose; licentious”
Related to 婬 (OC *lɯm, “licentious”), 霪 (OC *lɯm, “heavy rain”) and 霖 (OC *ɡ·rɯm, “continued rain”) (Wang, 1982). More allofams possibly include 瀋 (OC *l̥ʰjɯmʔ, “liquid”) and 沉 (OC *l'um, “to submerge”) (Schuessler, 2007). Probably related to Proto-Sino-Tibetan *l-(t/d)jam (“to fill, flat”).

Pronunciation 1

Rime
Character 淫
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 以 (36)
Final (韻) 侵 (139)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 餘針切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /jiɪm/
Pan
Wuyun		 /jim/
Shao
Rongfen		 /jem/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /jim/
Li
Rong		 /iəm/
Wang
Li		 /jĭĕm/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /i̯əm/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 yín
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 淫
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 yín
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ yim ›
Old
Chinese		 /*N.r[ə]m/
English excess; licentious

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 淫
Reading # 1/1
No. 15291
Phonetic
component		 淫
Rime
group		 侵
Rime
subdivision		 1
Corresponding
MC rime		 淫
Old
Chinese		 /*lɯm/

Definitions

淫

  1. to soak; to permeate; to drench
  2. to paint; to dye; to decorate
  3. to spread; to diffuse; to become prominent
  4. to move around; to shift; to travel
  5. to exceed boundary; to overstep one's authority
  6. excessive; uncontrolled; immoderate; overindulgent
  7. great; sizeable; immense; big
  8. to rain for a prolonged period of time; to have continuous heavy rain
  9. meretricious; flashy; ostentatious
  10. extravagant; squandering; wasteful
  11. evil; wicked; sinful; crafty
  12. in disorder; disorderly; chaotic; disorganised
  13. to confuse or be confused; to make someone dazed and confused
  14. to let someone have his or her own way; to allow to run wild
  15. to indulge in; to overindulge; to abandon oneself in; to be greedy for
  16. to have illicit sexual relations; to commit adultery
  17. licentious; obscene; lewd; lascivious; depraved; pornographic
  18. Alternative form of 深 (shēn, “deep; deeply”).

Compounds

Pronunciation 2

Definitions

淫

  1. Only used in 淫預／淫预: Alternative form of 灩澦／滟滪 (“a dangerous pile of rocks in the middle of the Yangtze River in Sichuan”).

Pronunciation 3

Definitions

淫

  1. (mythology, historical) Alternative name for 瑤池／瑶池 (“a legendary body of water”).

Japanese

Kanji

淫

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

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Readings

Korean

Hanja

淫 • (eum) (hangeul 음, revised eum, McCune–Reischauer ŭm, Yale um)

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Vietnamese

Han character

淫 (dâm, dầm, đầm, đẫm, đằm, giầm)

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