淋
lín , lìn · HSK 7
to sprinkle
🚿🌧️ 氵water + 林 lín (forest, phonetic) = water pouring down like rain
淋 — water radical 氵 + forest 林
A semantic-phonetic compound: 氵 (water) gives the meaning while 林 (lín) supplies the sound. The image is water pouring down through a forest, hence the core sense 'to drench, sprinkle, pour over.' The reading lìn extends this to 'strain/filter,' as in liquid passing through.