印

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See also: EP and 抑
印 U+5370, 印
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5370
← 卯
[U+536F] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 危 →
[U+5371]
㊞ U+329E, ㊞
CIRCLED IDEOGRAPH PRINT
← ㊝
[U+329D] 		Enclosed CJK Letters and Months ㊟ →
[U+329F]

Translingual[edit]

Stroke order
6 strokes

Han character[edit]

印 (Kangxi radical 26, 卩+4 in traditional Chinese, 卩+3 in mainland China, 6 strokes in traditional Chinese, 5 strokes in mainland China, cangjie input 竹心尸中 (HPSL), four-corner 77720, composition ⿰𠀉卩(JK) or ⿻卬一(GHT))

Derived characters[edit]

References[edit]

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 159, character 10
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2848
  • Dae Jaweon: page 363, character 16
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 312, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+5370

Chinese[edit]

trad. 印
simp. # 印

Glyph origin[edit]

Historical forms of the character 印
Shang Western Zhou Warring States Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Chu slip and silk script Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
Characters in the same phonetic series (印) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
印 *qiŋs
鮣 *qiŋs

Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意): 爪 (“hand”) + 卩 (“kneeling person”) – a hand suppressing a kneeling person.

According to 羅振玉 in his book 《增訂殷墟書契考釋》(1915), the character is an ideogram of a hand suppressing a kneeling person. The character 抑 (yì) (to suppress) was used to preserve the original meaning.

Etymology 1[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Note:
  • yìnr - “mark; print; trace”.
  • Cantonese
    • Note: ngan3 - rare.
    Note:
    • yin - literary;
    • yang - vernacular.
  • Jin
  • Min Bei
  • Min Dong
  • Min Nan
  • Wu
  • Xiang
    • Rime
    Character 印
    Reading # 1/1
    Initial (聲) 影 (34)
    Final (韻) 眞 (43)
    Tone (調) Departing (H)
    Openness (開合) Open
    Division (等) III
    Fanqie 於刃切
    Baxter 'jinH
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang         		/ʔiɪnH/
    Pan
    Wuyun         		/ʔinH/
    Shao
    Rongfen         		/ʔjenH/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank         		/ʔinH/
    Li
    Rong         		/ʔiĕnH/
    Wang
    Li         		/ĭĕnH/
    Bernard
    Karlgren         		/ʔi̯ĕnH/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex         		yìn
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex         		jan3
    Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
    Character 印
    Reading # 1/1
    Modern
    Beijing
    (Pinyin)         		yìn
    Middle
    Chinese         		‹ "jinH ›
    Old
    Chinese         		/*[ʔ]iŋ-s/
    English seal

    Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

    * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
    * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
    * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
    * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

    * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
    Zhengzhang system (2003)
    Character 印
    Reading # 1/1
    No. 15322
    Phonetic
    component         		印
    Rime
    group         		眞
    Rime
    subdivision         		2
    Corresponding
    MC rime         		印
    Old
    Chinese         		/*qiŋs/

    Definitions[edit]

    印

    1. stamp; seal
      蓋印／盖印  ―  gàiyìn  ―  to stamp
    2. trace; mark; sign
      腳印／脚印  ―  jiǎoyìn  ―  footprint
      烙印  ―  làoyìn  ―  brand
    3. to tally
      心心相印  ―  xīnxīnxiàngyìn  ―  to be of the same mind
    4. (literal or figurative) to engrave
    5. to print
      這本書印了五萬冊。 [MSC, trad.]
      这本书印了五万册。 [MSC, simp.]
      Zhè běn shū yìn le wǔ wàn cè. [Pinyin]
      50,000 copies of this book were printed.
    6. a surname
    See also[edit]

    Compounds[edit]

    Descendants[edit]

    Sino-Xenic (印):
    • → Japanese: 印(いん) (in)
    • → Korean: 인(印) (in)
    • → Vietnamese: ấn (印)

    Others:

    • → Vietnamese: in (印, “to print”)

    Etymology 2[edit]

    Transliteration character.

    Pronunciation[edit]

    Definitions[edit]

    印

    1. Short for 印度 (Yìndù, “India”).
    2. Short for 印度尼西亞／印度尼西亚 (Yìndùníxīyà, “Indonesia”).

    Compounds[edit]

    Etymology 3[edit]

    For pronunciation and definitions of 印 – see 抑 (“to press down; to keep down; to repress; to suppress; to restrain; to restrict; etc.”).
    (This character, 印, is a variant form of 抑.)

    References[edit]

    Japanese[edit]

    Kanji[edit]

    印

    (grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji)

    Readings[edit]

    Etymology 1[edit]

    Kanji in this term
    印
    いん
    Grade: 4
    on’yomi

    From Middle Chinese 印 (MC 'jinH).

    Pronunciation[edit]

    Affix[edit]

    印(いん) • (in) 

    1. stamp, seal
    2. trace, mark, sign
    3. printing
    4. Short for 印度 (Indo, “India”).
    Derived terms[edit]
    Derived terms

    Noun[edit]

    印(いん) • (in) 

    1. stamp, seal
    2. (Buddhism) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
    Derived terms[edit]

    Etymology 2[edit]

    Kanji in this term
    印
    しるし
    Grade: 4
    kun’yomi
    For pronunciation and definitions of 印 – see the following entry.
    【しるし】
    [noun] mark, sign, indication, symbol
    Alternative spellings
    標, 徴, 験
    (This term, 印, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

    Etymology 3[edit]

    Kanji in this term
    印
    かね
    Grade: 4
    kun’yomi
    For pronunciation and definitions of 印 – see the following entry: かね

    (The following entry is uncreated: かね.)

    References[edit]

    1. ^ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

    Korean[edit]

    Etymology[edit]

    From Middle Chinese 印 (MC 'jinH).

    Historical Readings
    Dongguk Jeongun Reading
    Dongguk Jeongun, 1448 ᅙᅵᆫ〮 (Yale: qín)
    Middle Korean
    Text Eumhun
    Gloss (hun) Reading
    Hunmong Jahoe, 1527[2] 인〮 (Yale: ín) 인〮 (Yale: ín)

    Pronunciation[edit]

    Hanja[edit]

    Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

    Wikisource

    印 (eumhun 도장(圖章) 인 (dojang in))

    1. Hanja form? of 인 (“seal, stamp”). [noun]

    Compounds[edit]

    Compounds

    Proper noun[edit]

    Hanja in this term
    印

    印 • (In) (hangeul 인)

    1. (in news headlines) Short for 印(인)度(도) (Indo, “India”).

    Usage notes[edit]

    In news headlines, this is usually written solely in the hanja form, even in contemporary Korean text otherwise devoid of any hanja.

    References[edit]

    • 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [3]

    Vietnamese[edit]

    Han character[edit]

    印: Hán Nôm readings: ấn, in, ắng

    1. chữ Hán form of Ấn (“Clipping of Ấn Độ. (India or Indian)”).
    2. chữ Hán form of ấn (“to print”).
    3. chữ Hán form of in (“to print”).
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