陰

See also: 阴

Translingual[edit]

Han character[edit]

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

Derived characters[edit]

蔭

References[edit]

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

Chinese[edit]

trad.		陰
simp.		阴

Pronunciation[edit]

Mandarin

(Pinyin): yīn (yin¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄣ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jam¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yîm
Min Dong (BUC): ĭng
Min Nan (POJ): iam / im
Wu (Wiktionary): in (T1)

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/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yîm
  - Hakka Romanization System: im´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yim¹
  - IPA: /im²⁴/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yîm
  - Hakka Romanization System: (r)im´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yim¹
  - IPA: /(j)im²⁴/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: ĭng
  - IPA ^(key): /iŋ⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iam / im
  - Tâi-lô: iam / im
  - Phofsit Daibuun: iafm, ym
  - IPA (Taipei): /iam⁴⁴/, /im⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /iam⁴⁴/, /im⁴⁴/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: in (T1)
  - IPA ^(key): /ɪɲ⁵³/

Middle Chinese: /ʔˠiɪm/▼

Rime
Character	陰
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	侵 (140)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	Chongniu III
Fanqie	於金切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔˠiɪm/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔᵚim/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔiem/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔjim/
Li Rong	/ʔjəm/
Wang Li	/ĭĕm/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʔi̯əm/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yīn

Old Chinese▼

(Baxter-Sagart): /*q(r)um/

(Zhengzhang): /*qrɯm/

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

Definitions[edit]

陰

cloudy, overcast
dark
^† hidden, secret
^† negative
^† The Moon
shade, shadow
(philosophy) "female" principle; yin in yin-yang

Antonyms[edit]

陽／阳 (yáng): yang

Compounds[edit]

Derived terms from 陰

Japanese[edit]

Kanji[edit]

Readings[edit]

Goon: おん (on)
Kan’on: いん (in)
Kun: かげ (kage), かげる (kageru), くらい (kurai), ほと (hoto)

Compounds[edit]

Compounds

陰鬱 (いんうつ) ‎(in'utsu)
陰影 (いんえい) ‎(in'ei)
陰画 (いんが) ‎(inga, “negative photograph”)
陰核 (いんかく) ‎(inkaku, “clitoris”)
陰茎 (いんけい) ‎(inkei, “penis”)
陰唇 (いんしん) ‎(inshin, “labia”)
陰梃 (いんてい) ‎(intei, “clitoris”)
陰嚢 (いんのう) ‎(innō, “scrotum”)
陰部 (いんぶ) ‎(inbu, “genital area”)
陰裂 (いんれつ) ‎(inretsu, “pudendal cleft”)
陰気 (いんき) ‎(inki)
陰極 (いんきょく) ‎(inkyoku)
陰険 (いんけん) ‎(inken)
陰湿 (いんしつ) ‎(inshitsu)
陰性 (いんせい) ‎(insei)
陰電子 (いんでんし) ‎(indenshi)
陰徳 (いんとく) ‎(intoku)
陰謀 (いんぼう) ‎(inbō)
会陰 (えいん) ‎(ein, “perineum”)
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[edit]

阴

Etymology 1[edit]

Kanji in this term
陰
かげ Grade: S
kun'yomi

Pronunciation[edit]

Kun'yomi
(Tokyo) かげ [káꜜgè] (Atamadaka - [1])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [ka̠ɡ̃e̞]

Noun[edit]

陰 ‎(hiragana かげ, romaji kage)

shadow, shade

木の陰

a shadow of a tree
hidden side

陰で動き回る

maneuver in a hidden side

陰の支配者

a hidden ruler

Etymology 2[edit]

Kanji in this term
陰
いん Grade: S
kun'yomi

Pronunciation[edit]

On'yomi: Kan'on
(Tokyo) いん [íꜜǹ] (Atamadaka - [1])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [ĩɴ]

Noun[edit]

陰 ‎(hiragana いん, romaji in)

yin

References[edit]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3

Korean[edit]

Hanja[edit]

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

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Compounds[edit]

음경 (陰莖, eumgyeong, “penis”)
음렬 (陰裂, eumnyeol, “pudendal cleft”)
음순 (陰脣, eumsun, “labia”)
회음 (會陰, hoeeum, “perineum”)

Vietnamese[edit]

Han character[edit]

陰 (âm, ơm)

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Compounds[edit]

âm lịch ‎(陰曆, “lunar calendar”)
hội âm ‎(會陰, “perineum”)

[DJR-1] 1.0 ^1.1 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9

[NHK-2] 2.0 ^2.1 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3

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[2]

陰

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Translingual[edit]

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Derived characters[edit]

References[edit]

Chinese[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Definitions[edit]

Antonyms[edit]

Compounds[edit]

Japanese[edit]

Kanji[edit]

Readings[edit]

Compounds[edit]

Synonyms[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

See also[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

References[edit]

Korean[edit]

Hanja[edit]

Compounds[edit]

Vietnamese[edit]

Han character[edit]

Compounds[edit]

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