胤 - Dong Chinese dictionary

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yìn

heir

A small 幺 child ⺼ leaving the womb 儿

Components

儿 Meaning component

rén, ér, r

child

幺 Meaning component

me, yāo

tiny

⺼ Meaning component

ròu

meat, flesh

Evolution

Bronze script

Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

yìn

heir, successor; progeny, posterity; descendant; heir; offspring; posterity; to inherit

Most common words with 胤

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	胤	heir
	赵匡胤	Zhao Kuangyin, personal name of founding Song emperor Song Taizu 宋太祖 (927-976)

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese	Middle Chinese	Pinyin	Gloss
*[ɢ]ə[n]-s	yinH	yìn	descendants

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

3982nd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

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