Chinese Character Wiki

夤

yín

distant place

Components
夕 meaning component

夕  Meaning component

xī

  

evening

night

寅 sound component

寅  Sound component

yín

  

3rd earthly branch

Evolution

夤 Bronze script Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Bronze script

Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
夤 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
夤 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
夤 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

夤  

yín

distant place; remote; deep; late at night

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[ɢ[(r)ə[r]

yin

yín

small of the back, region of the reins


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

5035th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

14

Unicode

U+5924

Shuowen

“夤，敬惕也。从夕，寅聲。《易》曰：‘夕惕若夤。’”


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