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淫

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

Translingual

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Han character

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

Derived characters

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References

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

Bailang

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Etymology

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From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *k-jim ~ k-jum (“house”). Compare Burmese အိမ် (im, “house”).

Noun

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淫 (*jəm)

  1. house

References

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  • Hill, Nathan W. (2017) “Songs of the Bailang: A New Transcription with Etymological Commentary”, in Bulletin de l'École française d'Extrême-Orient‎[2], volume 103, pages 386—429

Chinese

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trad. 淫
simp. # 淫
alternative forms 滛

Glyph origin

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

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

Etymology

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“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

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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
Baxter yim
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
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		jam4
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

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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. (alt. form 霪) 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. (alt. form 婬／淫) to indulge in; to overindulge; to abandon oneself in; to be greedy for
  16. (alt. form 婬／淫) to have illicit sexual relations; to commit adultery
  17. (alt. form 婬／淫) licentious; obscene; lewd; lascivious; depraved; pornographic
  18. Alternative form of 深 (shēn, “deep; deeply”)

Compounds

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Pronunciation 2

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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

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淫

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

Japanese

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Kanji

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淫

(Jōyō kanji)

  1. lewd; licentiousness

Readings

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Etymology

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Kanji in this term
淫
いん
Grade: S
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
婬

From Middle Chinese 淫 (MC yim).

Pronunciation

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Affix

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淫(いん) • (in) 

  1. lewd; licentious; obscene; indecent
  2. excessive; go too far

Noun

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淫(いん) • (in) 

  1. (literary) lewdness; licentiousness; Also used as a nari-adjective: lewd; obscene; licentious
    Synonym: 淫ら (midara)
  2. (literary) lust; sexual desire
    Synonyms: 色欲 (shikiyoku), 性欲 (seiyoku)
  3. (literary) semen
    Synonym: 精液 (seieki)

References

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  1. ^ “淫”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2024
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

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Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

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Han character

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淫: Hán Nôm readings: dâm

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