yín

(same as 狺) to bark (said of a dog)

Evolution

㹞 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
㹞 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
Definitions

 

yín

(same as ) to bark (said of a dog), (same as ) gums (of the teeth), (same as ) dogs to fight with gnashing and grinning; looks very angry

Miscellaneous

Strokes

7

Unicode

U+3E5E

Shuowen

“,犬吠聲。从犬,斤聲。”


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