Chinese Character Wiki

淫

yín

obscene

Evolution

淫 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

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

Clerical script

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

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

淫  

yín

obscene, licentious, lewd; excess; excessive; wanton; lewd; lascivious; obscene; depraved

淫 (滛) 

yín

variant of 淫[yín]

Most common words with 淫
Freq.
Word
Meaning

淫

excess

卖淫

prostitution

手淫

to masturbate

淫荡

lascivious

淫秽

obscene

Component uses

Meaning component in 1 character (0 verified)

霪

Sound component in 1 character (0 verified)

霪

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*N.r[ə]m

yim

yín

excess; licentious


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 8.2172% of movies

2041st most common character in movies

2297th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

11

Unicode

U+6DEB

Shuowen

“淫，侵淫隨理也。从水，聲。一曰久雨為淫。”


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