Xu Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Rain (yǔ) 霖 Kangxi strokes: 16 Page 1376, Entry 03 Pronounced lin Shuowen Jiezi (Shuowen) states: Rain lasting for three days or more. Formed by the rain radical and the phonetic element lin. Yupian (Yupian) defines it as: Rain that does not cease. Erya (Erya), section on Heaven, states: Prolonged rain is called yin, and yin is called lin. Book of Documents (Shangshu), chapter on The Charge to Yue (Shuoming), states: Use yourself as a soaking rain. The commentary notes: Lin is used to alleviate drought. Zuo Tradition (Zuo Zhuan), ninth year of Duke Yin, states: In the spring, the first month of the king, there was a great pouring rain accompanied by thunder; it is recorded as it was the beginning. Generally, any rain lasting three days or more is called lin.