yǐn
to pull
Pictograph of a bowstring being pulled back.
Oracle script
(~1250-1000 BC)
Bronze script
Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Regular script
Modernyǐn
to pull, draw out, attract; to stretch; to draw (e.g. a bow); to pull; to stretch sth; to extend; to lengthen; to involve or implicate in; to attract; to lead; to guide; to leave; to provide evidence or justification for; old unit of distance equal to 10 丈[zhàng], one-thirtieth of a km or 33.33 meters
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
to lead to | ||
to attract (interest, investment etc) | ||
to pull | ||
to lead to | ||
to guide |
Iconic component in 1 character (1 verified)
Remnant component in 1 character (1 verified)
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*li[n]ʔ | yinX | yǐn | draw the bow |
*li[n]ʔ-s | yinH | yǐn | draw the bow |
HSK level 4
Appears in 62.5981% of movies
669th most common character in movies
479th most common character in books
Strokes | 4 |
Unicode | U+5F15 |
Shuowen | “引，開弓也。从弓、丨。” |
