Chinese Character 音 Meanings and components.

Form

音

Meaning

音 meaning[3] in English

Sound.

Noise.

Note (Of Musical Scale).

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 音 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are surname Li (立) , and abbr. for 日本[Ri4 … (日)

No radical has been identified in it.

How to write 音

To write音yin1sound you should write a combination of 立li4surname Li , 日ri4abbr. for …

立 + 日 = 音

音 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

音
Pinyin:yin1
Meaning[3]: Sound . Noise . Note (Of Musical Scale) . Tone . News . Syllable . Reading (Phonetic Value Of A Character)
立
Pinyin:li4
Meaning[3]: Surname Li
日
Pinyin:ri4
Meaning[3]: Abbr. For 日本[Ri4 Ben3], Japan

Notes

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

  • Wiktionary Page for 音in English or Chinese