yīn

marriage connection

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
女 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

woman

因 sound component

  Sound component

yīn

  

cause

Evolution

姻 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
姻 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
姻 Clerical script Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)

Clerical script

Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)
姻 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

yīn

relatives by marriage; marriage connections

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yīn

variant of [yīn]

Most common words with 姻
Freq.
Word
Meaning

婚姻

matrimony

婚姻法

marriage law

联姻

related by marriage

姻缘

a marriage predestined by fate

marriage connections