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CHINESE CHARACTER
- Numbered pinyin
- yin1
- English meanings
- overcast (weather), cloudy, shady, Yin (the negative principle of Yin and Yang), negative (electric.), feminine, moon, implicit, hidden, genitalia, surname Yin, variant of 陰|阴[yin1]
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BUILDING BLOCKS
Structure & components
Left–right structure
Left–right arrangement: left 阝; right 月.
This breakdown describes the written shape. A component's meaning does not always explain the meaning of the whole character.
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as
marriage; in-law relation
cite
earnest; abundant
craving
shade
silver
shade; yin; cloudy
hide; concealed
sound; news
drink; beverage
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