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Kanji Detail for 淋 - "lonely"

  • Meaning

    淋 means "lonely." Also associated with to pour, to drip.

    1. Pour - To let water flow.

    2. Drip - Water falling continuously.

    3. Lonely - Desolate; sparse.

  • Four-character idioms with

    • 墨痕淋漓 ぼっこんりんり Listen in bold, vivid brush strokes
    • 流汗淋漓 りゅうかんりんり Listen profuse perspiration; dripping with sweat
    • 鮮血淋漓 せんけつりんり Listen dripping with fresh blood
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    • Verified meaning: lonely
    • Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read そそぎ, りん)
    • Also carries these associations: to pour, to drip

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of

    Given names (りん)Listen

    Surnames (そそぎ)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    lonely; deserted

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    drip, soak, drench; perfectly

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    to sprinkle; to drip; to pour; to drench

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to drench, to drip, to soak; perfectly

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    To pour water on something. | 淋漓 (Lin-li). A drenched appearance. | A disease name. Same as 癲. See "痲" for details.
  • Onyomi

    tip
  • Kunyomi

    tip
  • Strokes

    tip
  • Radical

    tip
  • Related Keywords

Sentences including

  • I miss you.

  • I am a lonely man.

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