yín

(same as 吟) to chant

Evolution

䪩 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
䪩 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
䪩 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

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

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Definitions

 

yín

(same as ) to chant; to intone; to sing; to recite; to moan; to sigh

Miscellaneous

Strokes

13

Unicode

U+4AA9

Shuowen

“吟,呻也。从口,今聲。,吟或从音。訡,或从言。”


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