Chinese Character Wiki
印

yìn

print

Pictograph of a kneeling person (卩) being held down by a hand (爪). Based on the original meaning "restrain", now written as 抑. The meaning later shifted to "push down", "stamp", and "print".

Components
爪 iconic component

爪  Iconic component

zhǎo, zhuǎ

  

hand, claw

卩 iconic component

卩  Iconic component

jié

  

person kneeling

Evolution

印 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
印 Bronze script Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)

Bronze script

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

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
印 Clerical script Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)

Clerical script

Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)
印 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

印  

yìn

print, seal, stamp, chop, mark; to print; to mark; to engrave; a seal; a print; a stamp; a mark; a trace; image

印  

Yìn

surname Yin; abbr. for 印度[Yìn​dù]

Most common words with 印
Freq.
Word
Meaning

印象

impression

印

to print

印度

India

印第安

(American) Indian

印尼

Indonesia (abbr. for 印度尼西亞|印度尼西亚)

Component uses

Sound component in 2 characters (1 verified)

抑 茚

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[ʔ]iŋ-s

'jinH

yìn

seal


Statistics

HSK level 6

Appears in 45.5550% of movies

850th most common character in movies

640th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

5

Unicode

U+5370

Shuowen

“印，執政所持信也。从爪，从卪。”


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