yín

speak gently

Components
门 sound component

  Sound component

mén

  

door

言 meaning component

  Meaning component

yán

  

speech

speech

Evolution

訚 Bronze script Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)

Bronze script

Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
訚 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

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

Clerical script

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

Traditional script

Modern
訚 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

() 

yín

speak gently; respectful; to speak gently

() 

Yín

surname Yin