唫 - Dong Chinese dictionary

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jìn, yín

to hum

Phonosemantic compound. 口 represents the meaning and 金 represents the sound.

Components

口 Meaning component

kǒu

mouth

金 Sound component

jīn

metal

Evolution

Seal script

Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

jìn

to hum, to intone, etc. to close, to shut; to stutter; to shut one's mouth; Taiwan pr. [yín]

yín

variant of 崟[yín]

yín

old variant of 吟[yín]

Statistics

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Miscellaneous

Sources