yǐn
walk
Derived from 彳, which depicts a street intersection. The last stroke is lengthen to indicate the meaning "walk" or "long stride".
Evolution

Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Sources
李学勤《字源》p.141
yǐn
walk
Derived from 彳, which depicts a street intersection. The last stroke is lengthen to indicate the meaning "walk" or "long stride".
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)Regular script
Modern李学勤《字源》p.141