yīn sound

Made up of [ stand; rise radical 117, sun; day radical 72]
Made with 9 strokes.
Ancient small seal form Small seal

Related characters


Also uses component: (to pull) qīn (parent) tóng (boy servant) wèi (position) zhàn (station)
Also uses component: bái (bright) céng (once) chāng (prosperous) chūn (spring) dàn (dawn) hūn (to marry) jiàn (gap) jiān (between) jǐng (bright) jiù (old) míng (bright) (do not) (general) qíng (clear sky) shì (is) shí (time) shǔ (heat) wǎn (evening) xiāng (fragrant) xīng (star) yáng (yang) (easy) yǐng (picture) zǎo (early) zhào (according to) zhě (in process of) zhuō (table) zuì (most) zuó (previous)

Sounds same

yīn (yin)

Different tone

yín (silver) yǐn (to drink) yǐn ('long stride')

Radical

Index 180 used in: (idea)

< Previous radical 177 Next radical 181 >

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Pronunciation

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stroke order for 音
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Proverbs

独木不成林,单弦不成音 dú mù bù chéng lín, dān xián bù chéng yīn Many things require people to work together to achieve an end
余音绕梁 yú yīn rào liáng Music so beautiful it seems to reverberate around the roof. A pleasant musical performance and by analogy memory of a joyous occasion.

Also

观音诞 Guàn yīn dàn Birthday of Guanyin