霖
lín

long spell of rain

Phonosemantic compound. 雨 represents the meaning and 林 represents the sound.

Components

雨
雨 Meaning component
yǔ rain
林
林 Sound component
lín forest

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangɡ·rɯm

說文解字

雨三日已往。从雨林聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)