殷

殷 U+6BB7, 殷 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6BB7 ← 殶 [U+6BB6] CJK Unified Ideographs 殸 → [U+6BB8]

See also: 慇

Translingual

Han character

殷 (radical 79 殳+6, 10 strokes, cangjie input 竹尸竹弓水 (HSHNE), four-corner 2724₇, composition ⿰㐆殳)

References

• KangXi: page 585, character 2
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 16627
• Dae Jaweon: page 977, character 19
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 2156, character 4
• Unihan data for U+6BB7

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		殷

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (殷) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
殷	*qrɯːn, *qɯn
慇	*qɯn
溵	*qɯn
磤	*qɯnʔ

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yīn (yin¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jan¹
• Min Nan (POJ): un / in
• Wu (Wiktionary): in (T1)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: yīn
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄣ
    • Wade-Giles: yin¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: in
    • IPA ^(key): /in⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: jan¹
    • Yale: yān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yen¹
    • IPA ^(key): /jɐn⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: un
    • Tâi-lô: un
    • Phofsit Daibuun: wn
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /un³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /un⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: in
    • Tâi-lô: in
    • Phofsit Daibuun: yn
    • IPA (Taipei): /in⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /in⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /in⁴⁴/

Note: irn - Quanzhou.

• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: in (T1)
    • IPA ^(key): /ɪɲ⁵³/

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• Middle Chinese: /ʔɨn/▼

Rime
Character	殷
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	欣 (57)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	於斤切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔɨn/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔɨn/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔiən/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔɨn/
Li Rong	/ʔiən/
Wang Li	/ĭən/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʔi̯ən/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yīn

• Old Chinese▼

  (Baxter-Sagart): /*ʔə[r]/, /*ʔər/

  (Zhengzhang): /*qɯn/

Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	殷	殷	殷
Reading #	2/4	3/4	4/4
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yīn	yīn	yīn
Middle Chinese	‹ ʔjɨn ›	‹ ʔjɨn ›	‹ ʔjɨn ›
Old Chinese	/*ʔə[r]/	/*ʔə[r]/	/*ʔər/
English	殷殷 distressed	ample, many	(dynastic name)
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	殷
Reading #	2/2
No.	15232
Phonetic component	殷
Rime group	文
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	殷
Old Chinese	/*qɯn/

Definitions

殷

1. (～朝) Late Shang Dynasty
2. (by extension) (～朝) Alternative name for 商 (shāng, “Shang Dynasty”).
3. A surname​.
4. many; great
5. abundant; flourishing

See also

Dynasties (朝代) in Chinese history
Name	Time period	Divisions
Xia 夏 (～朝, ～代)	2070 – 1600 BCE
Shang 商 (～朝, ～代) 殷 (～朝, ～代)	1600 – 1046 BCE
Zhou 周 (～朝, ～代)	1046 – 256 BCE	Western Zhou 西周
		Eastern Zhou 東周／东周	Spring and Autumn period 春秋
			Warring States period 戰國／战国
Qin 秦 (～朝, ～代)	221 – 206 BCE
Han 漢／汉 (～朝, ～代)	206 BCE – 220 CE	Western Han 西漢／西汉
		Xin 新 (～朝)
		Eastern Han 東漢／东汉
Three Kingdoms 三國／三国	220 – 280 CE	Wei 魏
		Shu 蜀
		Wu 吳／吴
Jin 晉／晋 (～朝, ～代)	265 – 420 CE	Western Jin 西晉／西晋
		Eastern Jin 東晉／东晋
Southern and Northern dynasties 南北朝	420 – 589 CE	Northern dynasties 北朝	Northern Wei 北魏
			Western Wei 西魏
			Eastern Wei 東魏／东魏
			Northern Zhou 北周
			Northern Qi 北齊／北齐
		Southern dynasties 南朝	Liu Song 劉宋／刘宋
			Southern Qi 南齊／南齐
			Liang 梁 (～朝, ～代)
			Chen 陳／陈 (～朝, ～代)
Sui 隋 (～朝, ～代)	581 – 618 CE
Tang 唐 (～朝, ～代)	618 – 907 CE
Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms 五代十國／五代十国	907 – 960 CE
Liao 遼／辽 (～朝, ～代)	907 – 1125 CE
Song 宋 (～朝, ～代)	960 – 1279 CE	Northern Song 北宋
		Southern Song 南宋
Western Xia 西夏	1038 – 1227 CE
Jin 金 (～朝, ～代)	1115 – 1234 CE
Western Liao 西遼／西辽	1124 – 1218 CE
Yuan 元 (～朝, ～代)	1271 – 1368 CE
Ming 明 (～朝, ～代)	1368 – 1644 CE
Qing 清 (～朝, ～代)	1636 – 1912 CE

Compounds

Derived terms from 殷

• 加二殷勤
• 家徒甚殷
• 桓殷危語／桓殷危语
• 殷切 (yīnqiè)
• 殷勤 (yīnqín)
• 殷同
• 殷商
• 殷墟 (Yīnxū)
• 殷墟卜辭／殷墟卜辞
• 殷墟書契／殷墟书契
• 殷契
• 殷富 (yīnfù)
• 殷實／殷实 (yīnshí)
• 殷師牛鬥／殷师牛斗
• 殷憂／殷忧
• 殷憂啟聖／殷忧启圣

• 殷文存
• 殷有三仁
• 殷望
• 殷正
• 殷武
• 殷殷
• 殷殷勤勤
• 殷殷屯屯
• 殷殷田田
• 殷民阜利
• 殷民阜財／殷民阜财
• 殷浩書空／殷浩书空
• 殷渥
• 殷湯／殷汤
• 殷盛
• 殷盤／殷盘

• 殷盼
• 殷薦／殷荐
• 殷見／殷见
• 殷軫／殷轸
• 殷轔／殷辚
• 殷鋼／殷钢
• 殷鑑／殷鉴
• 殷鑑不遠／殷鉴不远
• 殷鑒／殷鉴
• 殷鑒不遠／殷鉴不远
• 殷阜
• 殷頑／殷顽
• 民殷國富／民殷国富
• 民殷財阜／民殷财阜
• 獻殷勤／献殷勤 (xiàn yīnqín)

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yān (yan¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jin¹, aan¹
• Wu (Wiktionary): e (T1)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: yān
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄢ
    • Wade-Giles: yen¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ian
    • IPA ^(key): /i̯ɛn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: jin¹, aan¹
    • Yale: yīn, āan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jin¹, aan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yin¹, an¹
    • IPA ^(key): /jiːn⁵⁵/, /ɑːn⁵⁵/

Note: The zero initial /∅-/ is commonly pronounced with a ng-initial /ŋ-/ in some varieties of Cantonese, including Hong Kong Cantonese.

• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: e (T1)
    • IPA ^(key): /e̞⁵³/

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• Middle Chinese: /ʔˠɛn/▼

Rime
Character	殷
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	山 (73)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	烏閑切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔˠɛn/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔᵚæn/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔæn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔəɨn/
Li Rong	/ʔɛn/
Wang Li	/æn/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʔăn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yān

• Old Chinese▼

  (Baxter-Sagart): /*ʔˤrə[r]/

  (Zhengzhang): /*qrɯːn/

Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	殷
Reading #	1/4
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yān
Middle Chinese	‹ ʔɛn ›
Old Chinese	/*ʔˤrə[r]/
English	dark-red
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	殷
Reading #	1/2
No.	15231
Phonetic component	殷
Rime group	文
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	黰
Old Chinese	/*qrɯːn/

Definitions

殷

1. blood red; deep red

Compounds

Derived terms from 殷

• 殷然

• 殷紅／殷红 (yānhóng)

Pronunciation 3

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǐn (yin³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄣˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jan²
• Wu (Wiktionary): in (T2)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: yǐn
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄣˇ
    • Wade-Giles: yin³
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yiin
    • IPA ^(key): /in²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: jan²
    • Yale: yán
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jan²
    • Guangdong Romanization: yen²
    • IPA ^(key): /jɐn³⁵/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: in (T2)
    • IPA ^(key): /ɪɲ³⁴/

Definitions

殷

1. sound of thunder
2. to shake; to tremble

Compounds

Derived terms from 殷

• 殷其靁

• 殷天動地／殷天动地

• 殷天震地

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Japanese

Kanji

殷

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): いん (in), あん (an)
• Kun: さかん (sakan)

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Korean

Hanja

殷 • (eun, an) (hangeul 은, 안, revised eun, an, McCune-Reischauer ŭn, an, Yale un, an)

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Vietnamese

Han character

殷 (ân)

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