Chinese Character 尹 Meanings and components.

Form

尹

Meaning

尹 meaning[3] in English

Surname Yin.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 尹 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are pig snout (Kangxi … (彐) , and radical in Chinese … (丿)

Its radical[1] is: 尸 (shi1) which means: Person Representing The Dead (During Burial Ceremonies), To Put A Corpse On Display (After Execution), Variant Of 屍|尸[Shi1], Corpse, .尸shi1person representing …

In cangjie it is written with SK

How to write 尹

To write尹yin3surname Yin you should write a combination of 彐ji4pig snout … , 丿pie3radical in … arranged in a + shape:

彐 + 丿 = 尹

尹 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 尹 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 尹, looks as follow:

尹
Pinyin:yin3 Shape:+
Meaning[3]: Surname Yin
彐
Pinyin:ji4
Meaning[3]: Pig Snout (Kangxi Radical 58)
丿
Pinyin:pie3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 4) . See 撇[Pie3]

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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