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尹

yǐn

govern

Depicts a hand (又) holding a staff, held by people in positions of authority.

Components
又 iconic component

又  Iconic component

yòu

  

(hand), again

Depicts a hand.

丨 iconic component

丨  Iconic component

gǔn, shù

  

vertical line

Depicts a staff.

Evolution

尹 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
尹 Bronze script Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)

Bronze script

Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
尹 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

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

Clerical script

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

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

尹  

yǐn

govern; oversee; director; to administer; to oversee; to run; magistrate (old)

尹  

Yǐn

surname Yin

Most common words with 尹
Freq.
Word
Meaning

尹

to run

府尹

magistrate

陈恭尹

Chen Gongyin (1631-1700), early Qing dynasty poet

Component uses

Meaning component in 1 character (1 verified)

君

Sound component in 3 characters (2 verified)

伊 君 笋

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*m-qurʔ

ywinX

yǐn

govern; governor


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 0.5927% of movies

3105th most common character in movies

2885th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

4

Unicode

U+5C39

Shuowen

“尹，治也。从又、丿，握事者也。，古文尹。”


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