Chinese Character 陰 Meanings and components.

Form

陰

Meaning

陰 meaning[3] in English

Surname Yin.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 陰 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are (阝) , and old variant of … (侌)

Its radical[1] is: 阜 (fu4) which means: Abundant, Mound, .阜fu4abundant

In cangjie it is written with NLOII

How to write 陰

To write陰yin1surname Yin you should write a combination of 阝fu4 , 侌yin1old variant … arranged in a 吅 shape:

阝 + 侌 = 陰

陰 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

陰
Pinyin:yin1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Surname Yin
阝
Pinyin:fu4 Shape:一
侌
Pinyin:yin1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Old Variant Of 陰|阴[Yin1]
今
Pinyin:jin1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Now . The Present Time . Current . Contemporary . This (Day, Year Etc)
亼
Pinyin:ji2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Variant Of 集[Ji2]
人
Pinyin:ren2
Meaning[3]: Man . Person . People . Cl:個|个[Ge4],位[Wei4]
一
Pinyin:yi1
Meaning[3]: One . 1 . Single . A (Article) . As Soon As . Entire . Whole . All . Throughout . 'One' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 1) . Also Pr. [Yao1] For Greater Clarity When Spelling Out Numbers Digit By Digit
㇇
Pinyin:㇇
云
Pinyin:yun2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: (Classical) To Say
二
Pinyin:er4
Meaning[3]: Two . 2 . (Beijing Dialect) Stupid
厶
Pinyin:si1
Meaning[3]: Old Variant Of 某[Mou3]

Notes

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

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

  • Wiktionary Page for 陰in English or Chinese