陰

See also: 阴

§Translingual

§Etymology

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

§Han character

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

§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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§Chinese

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trad.		陰
simp.		阴

§Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yīn (yin¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jam¹
• Min Nan (POJ): iam / im

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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: jam¹
    • Yale: yām
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jam¹
    • IPA ^(key): /jɐm⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iam / im
    • Tâi-lô: iam / im
    • IPA (Taipei): /iam⁴⁴/, /im⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /iam³⁴/, /im³⁴/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (陰, reconstructed)
Character (陰), Pronunciation 1/1
Initial: 影 (34) Final: 侵 Division: III			Openness: Open Tone: Level (Ø)			Fanqie: 於金切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/ʔiɪm/	/ʔi̯əm/	/ʔiəm/	/ʔim/	/ʔim/	/ĭĕm/	/ʔjem/

Old Chinese pronunciation (陰, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character								Modern Beijing (Pinyin)								Middle Chinese								Old Chinese								English
陰								yīn								‹ ʔim ›								/*q(r)um/								dark
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					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
陰					6623					今					侵					1					音					/*qrɯm/

§Definitions

陰

1. cloudy, overcast
2. dark
3. ^† hidden, secret
4. ^† negative
5. ^† The Moon
6. shade, shadow
7. (philosophy) "female" principle; yin in yin-yang

§Compounds

Derived terms

• 陰暗／阴暗

• 陰部／阴部

• 陰曹／阴曹

• 陰沈／阴沈

• 陰錯陽差／阴错阳差

• 陰道／阴道

• 陰德／阴德

• 陰電／阴电

• 陰狠／阴狠

• 陰魂／阴魂

• 陰魂不散／阴魂不散

• 陰極／阴极

• 陰間／阴间

• 陰毛／阴毛

• 陰霾／阴霾

• 陰謀／阴谋

• 陰平／阴平

• 陰天／阴天

• 陰性／阴性

• 陰陽／阴阳

• 陰韻／阴韵

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§Japanese

§Kanji

陰

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

§Readings

• Goon: おん (on)
• Kan’on: いん (in)
• On (unclassified): 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
• 日陰 (ひかげ, hikage)

§Synonyms

Kanji in this term

陰

かげ Grade: S

kun'yomi

• 阴

§Noun

陰 (hiragana かげ, romaji kage)

1. shadow, shade

§See also

• 影 (かげ, kage)

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§Korean

§Hanja

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

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§Vietnamese

§Han character

陰 (âm, ơm)

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§Compounds

• âm lịch (陰曆)