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

Derived characters

𠽍𢴏𤎛𦹻霪

References

KangXi: 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

Chinese

trad.		淫
simp. ^#		淫
alternative forms		滛

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

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yín (yin²)
(Zhuyin): ㄧㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jam⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yìm
Min Dong (BUC): ìng
Min Nan (POJ): îm / tâm
Wu (Wiktionary): hhin (T3)

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yín
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄣˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yín
  - Wade–Giles: yin²
  - Yale: yín
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yn
  - Palladius: инь (inʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /in³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: jam⁴
  - Yale: yàhm
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jam⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: yem⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐm²¹/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yìm
  - Hakka Romanization System: imˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yim²
  - Sinological IPA: /im¹¹/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yìm
  - Hakka Romanization System: (r)imˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yim²
  - Sinological IPA: /(j)im¹¹/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: ìng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /iŋ⁵³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: îm / tâm
  - Tâi-lô: îm / tâm
  - Phofsit Daibuun: iim, daam
  - IPA (Xiamen): /im²⁴/, /tam²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /im²⁴/, /tam²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /im¹³/, /tam¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /im²⁴/, /tam²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /im²³/, /tam²³/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: hhin (T3)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɦɪɲ²³/

Middle Chinese: /jiɪm/

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
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jam⁴

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*N.r[ə]m/
(Zhengzhang): /*lɯm/

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

to soak; to permeate; to drench
to paint; to dye; to decorate
to spread; to diffuse; to become prominent
to move around; to shift; to travel
to exceed boundary; to overstep one's authority
excessive; uncontrolled; immoderate; overindulgent
great; sizeable; immense; big
(alt. form 霪) to rain for a prolonged period of time; to have continuous heavy rain
meretricious; flashy; ostentatious
extravagant; squandering; wasteful
evil; wicked; sinful; crafty
in disorder; disorderly; chaotic; disorganised
to confuse or be confused; to make someone dazed and confused
to let someone have his or her own way; to allow to run wild
(alt. form 婬／淫) to indulge in; to overindulge; to abandon oneself in; to be greedy for
(alt. form 婬／淫) to have illicit sexual relations; to commit adultery
(alt. form 婬／淫) licentious; obscene; lewd; lascivious; depraved; pornographic
- 又每見人言：番婦多淫，產後一兩日，即與夫合。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  又每见人言：番妇多淫，产后一两日，即与夫合。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: c. 1300, 周達觀 (Zhou Daguan), 《真臘風土記》 (The Customs of Cambodia)
  Yòu měi jiàn rén yán: fān fù duō yín, chǎn hòu yī liǎng rì, jí yǔ fū hé. [Pinyin]
  Then again, I have often heard people say that the native women are very lascivious, so that a day or two after giving birth they are immediately coupling with their husbands. (Adapted from translation by Peter Harris)
Alternative form of 深 (shēn, “deep; deeply”).

Compounds

Derived terms from 淫

不淫
侵淫
六淫
口淫 (kǒuyín)
奇技淫巧 (qíjìyínqiǎo)
宣淫
意淫 (yìyín)
慆淫
手淫 (shǒuyín)
朋淫
沉湎淫逸
泛淫
流淫 (liúyín)
浸淫 (qīnyín)
淫佚
淫具 (yínjù)
淫刑
淫哇
淫奔
淫威 (yínwēi)
淫媟
淫媾
淫巧
淫心慝行
淫惠
淫水 (yínshuǐ)
淫污 (yínwū)
淫液
淫淫
淫潦
淫猥 (yínwěi)
淫祀 (yínsì)

淫祠
淫羊藿 (yínyánghuò)
淫邪
淫雨 (yínyǔ)
淫靡 (yínmǐ)
淫鬼
狂淫
自淫 (zìyín)
荒淫 (huāngyín)
行淫
陋淫
奸淫
淫凶 (yínxiōng)
辟淫
冶容誨淫／冶容诲淫
姦夫淫婦／奸夫淫妇
姦淫／奸淫 (jiānyín)
姦淫擄掠／奸淫掳掠
姦盜邪淫／奸盗邪淫
富貴不淫／富贵不淫
書淫／书淫 (shūyín)
樂而不淫／乐而不淫
汎淫／泛淫
淫亂／淫乱 (yínluàn)
淫婦／淫妇 (yínfù)
淫學／淫学
淫情浪態／淫情浪态
淫慾／淫欲 (yínyù)
淫業／淫业
淫樂／淫乐
淫氣／淫气
淫汙穢臭／淫污秽臭

淫濫／淫滥
淫穢／淫秽 (yínhuì)
淫蕩／淫荡 (yíndàng)
淫褻／淫亵 (yín xiè)
淫視／淫视
淫語／淫语 (yínyǔ)
淫賤／淫贱 (yínjiàn)
淫辭／淫辞
淫遊／淫游
淫風／淫风 (yínfēng)
滯淫／滞淫
煩淫／烦淫
福善禍淫／福善祸淫 (fúshànhuòyín)
荒淫無度／荒淫无度 (huāngyínwúdù)
荒淫無恥／荒淫无耻 (huāngyínwúchǐ)
荒淫無道／荒淫无道
詖淫／诐淫
誨淫／诲淫
誨淫性／诲淫性
誨淫誨盜／诲淫诲盗
誨盜誨淫／诲盗诲淫
諂淫／谄淫
買淫／买淫 (mǎiyín)
賣淫／卖淫 (màiyín)
閉淫／闭淫
風淫／风淫
飽暖生淫／饱暖生淫
驕奢淫佚／骄奢淫佚
驕奢淫泆／骄奢淫泆
驕奢淫逸／骄奢淫逸 (jiāoshēyínyì)
驕淫／骄淫

Pronunciation 2

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yàn (yan⁴)
(Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jim⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yàn
  - Wade–Giles: yen⁴
  - Yale: yàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yann
  - Palladius: янь (janʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: jim⁶
  - Yale: yihm
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jim⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: yim⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːm²²/

Definitions

淫

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

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yáo (yao²)
(Zhuyin): ㄧㄠˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jiu⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yáo
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄠˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yáo
  - Wade–Giles: yao²
  - Yale: yáu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yau
  - Palladius: яо (jao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɑʊ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: jiu⁴
  - Yale: yìuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jiu⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: yiu⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːu̯²¹/

Definitions

淫

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

Japanese

Kanji

淫

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

lewd; licentiousness

Readings

Go-on: いん (in, Jōyō)
Kan-on: いん (in, Jōyō)
Kun: みだら (midara, 淫ら, Jōyō); ほしいまま (hoshiimama, 淫); ひたす (hitasu)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
淫
いん Grade: S
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
婬

From Middle Chinese 淫 (MC jiɪm).

Pronunciation

On’yomi

(Tokyo) いん [íꜜǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
IPA^(key): [ĩɴ]

Affix

淫(いん) • (in)

lewd; licentious; obscene; indecent
excessive; go too far

Noun

淫(いん) • (in)

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

References

2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja

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

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Pai-lang

Etymology

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

Noun

淫 (*jəm)

house

References

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

Vietnamese

Han character

淫: Hán Nôm readings: dâm

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References

Nom Foundation

[DJR-1] 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN