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淋 character · TOCFL 1 (est.)
淋 ＝ 氵 ＋ 林
ㄌㄧㄣˊ · lín
verb — to pour, drench, drip

字源 FORM — what the parts do

氵義water
林聲lín — gives the soundtwo trees, a wood; here only the sound
Water (氵) plus 林. 說文: 以水沃也 — to pour water over. 林 lends the sound lín, two trees standing as the donor. Water coming straight down, the way rain falls through a wood: drenched through — 淋雨、淋濕，淋漓.

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

雨水（氵）穿過樹林（林）直直落下，一身淋透。
Rain (氵) comes straight down through the trees (林) — and you are drenched through.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)淋雨、淋濕— to be rained on; to drench常用
→淋浴— to shower
⇒淋漓盡致— dripping-full — vivid to the last drop
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
林línthe bare phonetic — 淋 adds 氵 for the pouring淅xīanother 氵 water-sound word for rinsing/pattering rain