陰

Translingual

simplified	阴
traditional	陰

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic [[阝|阝]] + phonetic [[侌|侌]]

Han character

陰 (radical 170 阜+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 弓中人戈戈 (NLOII), four-corner 7823₁, composition ⿰阝侌)

1. 'female' principle: yin
2. dark, shadow, shade
3. secret

Derived characters

• 蔭

References

• KangXi: page 1353, character 6
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 41691
• Dae Jaweon: page 1855, character 12
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 4138, character 5
• Unihan data for U+9670

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Cantonese

Hanzi

陰 (simplified 阴, jyutping jam1, Yale yam1)

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Japanese

Kanji

陰 (common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

• On: いん (in), おん (on), あん (an)
• Kun: かげ (kage), かげる (kageru), くらい (kurai), ほと (hoto)

Compounds

• 陰鬱
• 陰影
• 陰画
• 陰気
• 陰極
• 陰険
• 陰湿
• 陰性
• 陰電子
• 陰徳
• 陰部
• 陰謀
• 陰陽
• 陰陽五行
• 陰陽師 (Onmyōji) a Yin-Yang Master
• 陰陽道 (Onmyōdō) "The Way of Yin & Yang"
• 陰口
• 陰平
• 陰上
• 陰去
• 陰入

Synonyms

• 阴

Antonyms

• 陽: lit. yang

Noun

陰 (hiragana かげ, romaji kage)

1. shadow, shade

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Korean

Hanja

陰 (hangeul 음, revised eum, McCune-Reischauer ŭm, Yale um)

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Mandarin

simplified	阴
traditional	陰

Hanzi

陰 (simplified 阴, pinyin yīn (yin1), yìn (yin4), ān (an1))

Compounds

• 陰暗
• 陰部
• 陰曹
• 陰沈
• 陰錯陽差
• 陰道
• 陰德
• 陰電
• 陰狠
• 陰魂
• 陰魂不散
• 陰極
• 陰間
• 陰毛
• 陰霾
• 陰謀
• 陰平
• 陰天
• 陰性
• 陰陽
• 陰韻

Adjective

陰 (traditional, Pinyin yīn, simplified 阴)

1. (literary) cloudy; overcast
2. (literary) hidden
3. (literary) negative

Noun

陰 (traditional, Pinyin yīn, simplified 阴)

1. (literary) shade
2. (literary) moon

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Vietnamese

Han character

陰 (âm, ơm)

Compounds

• âm lịch (陰曆)