enter

Arrow pointing forward, representing the idea "enter".

Evolution

入 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
入 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
入 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
入 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
入 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

enter, come in(to), join; to enter; to go into; to join; to become a member of; to confirm or agree with; abbr. for 入聲|入声[rù​shēng]

Most common words with 入
Freq.
Word
Meaning

进入

to enter

to enter

加入

to join

收入

to take in

投入

to throw into

Component uses

Meaning component in 1 character (0 verified)

Sound component in 1 character (0 verified)

Iconic component in 1 character (1 verified)

Unknown component in 1 character (1 verified)

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*n[u]p

nyip

enter


Statistics

HSK level 6

Appears in 86.6571% of movies

309th most common character in movies

210th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

2

Unicode

U+5165

Shuowen

“入,內也。象从上俱下也。”


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