茵

茵 U+8335, 茵 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8335 ← 茴 [U+8334] CJK Unified Ideographs 茶 → [U+8336]

Translingual

Han character

茵 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+6, 12 strokes, Cangjie input 廿田大 (TWK) or 難廿田大 (XTWK), four-corner 4460₀, composition ⿱艹因)

1. a cushion, mattress
2. wormwood
3. Skimmia japonica

Derived characters

• 𡟻, 𪶲, 𮖡

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1029, character 3
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30914
• Dae Jaweon: page 1487, character 27
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3204, character 4
• Unihan data for U+8335

Chinese

trad.		茵
simp. #		茵
alternative forms		裀 筃 鞇 “(carriage) cushion”

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (因) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
欭	*qrils
烟	*qiːn, *qin
胭	*qiːn
咽	*qiːn, *qiːns, *qiːd
恩	*qɯːn
煾	*qɯːn
因	*qin
姻	*qin
茵	*qin
鞇	*qin
氤	*qin
洇	*qin
駰	*qin, *qrin
絪	*qin
裀	*qin

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yīn (yin¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jan¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): in

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yīn
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yin
    • Wade–Giles: yin¹
    • Yale: yīn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: in
    • Palladius: инь (inʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /in⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: jan¹
    • Yale: yān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yen¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐn⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: in
    • Tâi-lô: in
    • Phofsit Daibuun: yn
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung, Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /in⁴⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /in³³/

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• Middle Chinese: 'jin

Rime
Character	茵
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	眞 (43)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	於眞切
Baxter	'jin
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔiɪn/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔin/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔjen/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔin/
Li Rong	/ʔiĕn/
Wang Li	/ĭĕn/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʔi̯ĕn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yīn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jan1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*qin/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	茵
Reading #	1/1
No.	15178
Phonetic component	因
Rime group	眞
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	因
Old Chinese	/*qin/
Notes	因轉註字

Definitions

茵

1. cushion; mattress
2. used in 茵蒀 and 茵陳／茵陈 (yīnchén)
3. a surname

Compounds

• 丙馭吐茵 / 丙驭吐茵
• 墜茵落溷 / 坠茵落溷
• 居不重茵
• 文茵
• 碧草如茵
• 綠茵 / 绿茵 (lǜyīn)
• 綠草如茵 / 绿草如茵
• 茵夢湖 / 茵梦湖
• 茵席之臣
• 茵芋
• 茵蒀 (yīnyūn)
• 茵蔯 / 茵𫈟 (yīnchén)
• 茵蔯蒿 / 茵𫈟蒿 (yīnchénhāo)
• 茵藉 / 茵借
• 茵陳 / 茵陈 (yīnchén)
• 茵陳蒿 / 茵陈蒿 (yīnchénhāo)
• 茵飪 / 茵饪
• 莱茵河 (Láiyīn Hé)
• 車茵 / 车茵
• 重茵
• 錦茵 / 锦茵
• 飄茵落溷 / 飘茵落溷

Japanese

Kanji

茵

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. A coin

Readings

• Go-on: いん (in)
• Kan-on: いん (in)
• Kun: しとね (shitone)

References

• “^▲茵”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

Korean

Hanja

茵 • (in) (hangeul 인)

1. mat, cushion

Vietnamese

Han character

茵: Hán Nôm readings: nhân

1. mattress