淫

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

• 𠽍, 𢴏, 𪱬, 𤎛, 𦹻, 霪, 𱎍

• 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

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

淫 (*jəm)

1. house

• 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

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

“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”).

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

    • 富貴不淫貧賤樂，男兒到此是豪雄。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
      富贵不淫贫贱乐，男儿到此是豪雄。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

      From: circa 1068~1085, Cheng Hao（程顥）,《秋日偶成》, tr. Cui Wenkai

      Fùguì bù yín pínjiàn lè, nán'ér dàocǐ shì háoxióng. [Pinyin]

      He who can be impervious to the temptation of wealth and high position, and be happy in impoverishment and humbleness, will surely be a warrior and a hero in this world.

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

    • 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)

18. alternative form of 深 (shēn, “deep; deeply”)

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”)

淫

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

淫

1. (Hokkien) alternative form of 澹 (“wet”)

(Jōyō kanji)

1. lewd, licentiousness

• Go-on: いん (in, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: いん (in, Jōyō)
• Kun: みだら (midara, 淫ら, Jōyō)、あふれる (afureru, 淫れる)、ふける (fukeru, 淫る)、ほしいまま (hoshiimama, 淫)、ひたす (hitasu)、みだす (midasu, 淫す)、おおきい (ōkī, 淫きい)^{←おほきい (ofokii, 淫きい, historical)}、ながあめ (nagaame, 淫)^[1]

From Middle Chinese 淫 (MC yim).

• (Tokyo) いん [íꜜǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])^[2]
• IPA^(key): [ĩɴ]

淫(いん) • (in) 

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

淫(いん) • (in) 

1. (literary) lewdness, licentiousness

   Synonym: 淫ら (midara)

2. (literary) lust, sexual desire

   Synonyms: 色欲 (shikiyoku), 性欲 (seiyoku)

3. (literary) semen

   Synonym: 精液 (seieki)

淫(いん) • (in) ^†-nari

1. (literary) lewd, obscene, licentious

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

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淫: Hán Việt readings: dâm^[1][2][3]
淫: Nôm readings: dâm^{[1][2][4][5][6][7]}, dầm^[1][2][4], dim^[1], râm^[1], dằm^[3], đầm^[3], đẫm^[3], giầm^[3]

1. chữ Hán form of dâm (“lustful; lecherous”)
2. chữ Nôm form of dâm (“alternative form of râm (“shady”)”)
3. chữ Nôm form of dầm (“to soak; to get soaked”)
4. chữ Nôm form of dim (“used in lim dim (“eyes half-closed because of sleepiness”)”)
5. chữ Nôm form of râm (“shady (abounding in shade)”)