U+9716 "霖" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
霖
U+9716 "霖" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily means "continuous heavy rain" or "downpour," often implying a long-lasting, drenching rain that soaks the ground. It is composed of the "rain" radical (雨) on top and the phonetic component "林" (lin, meaning forest) below, visually suggesting rain falling on trees. In East Asian languages such as Chinese, Japanese, and Korean, this character appears in compound words like "甘霖" (sweet rain, a metaphor for a long-awaited blessing) and is used in personal names to evoke qualities of abundance or nourishment.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+9716 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| Block | CJK Unified Ideographs |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 霖 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 霖 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE9 0x9C 0x96 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x9716 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00009716 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u9716 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | C04D |
| kCCCII | 215F60 |
| kCNS1986 | 1-7276 |
| kCNS1992 | 1-7276 |
| kCangjie | MBDD |
| kCantonese | lam4 |
| kCihaiT | 1456.101 |
| kDaeJaweon | 1884.320 |
| kDefinition | long spell of rain, copious rain |
| kEACC | 215F60 |
| kFanqie | 力尋 |
| kFenn | 492E |
| kFennIndex | 309.06 |
| kFourCornerCode | 1099.4 |
| kGB0 | 3356 |
| kGB1 | 3356 |
| kGSR | 0655f |
| kHangul | 림:0N |
| kHanYu | 64066.140 |
| kHanyuPinyin | 64066.140:lín |
| kHKGlyph | 4441 |
| kIICore | AGTJHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 1884.320 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 64066.140 |
| kIRGKangXi | 1376.030 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-4158 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-C04D |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-7043 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-D9F3 |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-577D |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-7276 |
| kIRG_VSource | V1-6B57 |
| kJapanese | リン ながあめ |
| kKoreanName | 2015 |
| kTGH | 2013:6076 |
| kJapaneseKun | NAGAAME |
| kJapaneseOn | RIN |
| kJis0 | 8035 |
| kKangXi | 1376.030 |
| kKorean | LIM |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 7207 |
| kMandarin | lín |
| kMatthews | 4026 |
| kMeyerWempe | 1482a |
| kMojiJoho | MJ027826 |
| kMorohashi | 42335 |
| kNelson | 5062 |
| kPhonetic | 776 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+7132+173.8.8 |
| kRSUnicode | 173.8 |
| kSBGY | 217.21 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 761.10 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | lín粵lam4 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 7207 |
| kTGHZ2013 | 225.070:lín |
| kTotalStrokes | 16 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHJKMPT |
| kVietnamese | lâm |
| kXerox | 260:134 |
| kXHC1983 | 0716.040:lín |