懂中文 Dong Chinese

荫

yīn, yìn

shade

Shade 阴 provided by a tree 艹; 阴 also provides the pronunciation

Components
艹 meaning component

艹  Meaning component

cao, cǎo

  

grass

阴 sound,meaning component

阴  Sound Meaning component

yīn

  

dark

Evolution

荫 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
荫 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
荫 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
荫 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

荫 (蔭) 

yīn

shade, shelter; protect

荫 (蔭) 

yìn

shade

荫 (廕) 

yìn

variant of 蔭|荫[yìn], shade

Most common words with 荫
Freq.
Word
Meaning

荫

shade

曾荫权

Sir Donald Tsang or Tsang Yam-Kuen (1944-)

树荫

shade of a tree

林荫道

boulevard

绿荫

shade (of a tree)