陰陽

See also: 阴阳

Chinese

		(of weather) overcast; Yin; feminine (of weather) overcast; Yin; feminine; moon; cloudy; negative (electric.); shady	positive (electric.); sun; male
trad. (陰陽)		陰	陽
simp. (阴阳)		阴	阳
Literally: “moonlight (dark) and sunlight (light)”.

Etymology

Yin later came to be associated with “female, dark, soft, passive, etc.”, and yang later came to be associated with “male, light, hard, active, etc.”.

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 陰陽

1. (Chinese philosophy) yin and yang (☯) (two opposing forces in nature)

   • 陰陽不測之謂神。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     阴阳不测之谓神。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: I Ching, 11^th – 8^th century BCE

     Yīnyáng bù cè zhī wèi shén. [Pinyin]

     That which can not be measured (in straightforward terms such as) (bad and good; negative and positive etc.) is called mysterious (or divine).

2. (figurative) two contrasting things; antitheses
3. (literary) ancient Chinese astronomy, especially the study of the movement of celestial bodies
4. (literary, historical) occult arts such as astrology, divination, geomancy, etc.
5. (literary, historical) yin-yang geomancer
6. (physics) cathode and anode (Short for 陰極. and Short for 陽極.)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (陰陽):

• → Japanese: 陰陽(いんよう) (in'yō)
• → Korean: 음양(陰陽) (eumyang)
• → Vietnamese: âm dương (陰陽)

Others:

• → English: yin-yang, ying-yang
• → French: yin-yang
• → Portuguese: yin-yang
• → Russian: инь-ян (inʹ-jan)

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
陰	陽
おん Grade: S	よう > みょう Grade: 3
goon

Kanji in this term
陰	陽
おん Grade: S	よう Grade: 3
goon

Kanji in this term
陰	陽
いん Grade: S	よう Grade: 3
kan'on

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 陰陽 (MC 'im yang). The yō reading for 陽 changes to myō as an instance of renjō (連声).

Noun

陰(いん)陽(よう) or 陰(おん)陽(よう) or 陰(おん)陽(みょう) • (in'yō or on'yō or onmyō) 

1. yin-yang

See also

• 陰陽師 (in'yōji, on'yōji or Onmyōji) "yin-yang master/teacher"
• 陰陽道(おんみょうどう) (onmyōdō, “the way of yin and yang”)

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Korean

Hanja in this term
陰	陽

Noun

陰陽 • (eumyang) (hangeul 음양)

1. hanja form^? of 음양 (“yin-yang”)

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Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
陰	陽

Noun

陰陽

1. chữ Hán form of âm dương (“yin-yang”).