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胤

yìn

descendant

八 represents the split between the bloodline relations. 幺 represents continuation. ⺼ represents the bloodline. All of these components convey the meaning "descendant".

Components
八 iconic component

八  Iconic component

bā

  

eight

Depicts two lines facing away from each other. Used here to represent the split between bloodline relations.

幺 iconic component

幺  Iconic component

me, yāo

  

tiny

Depicts a thread. Used here to represent continuation since threads are usually long.

⺼ iconic component

⺼  Iconic component

ròu

  

meat, flesh

⺼ is a component form of 肉. Used here to depict bloodline.

Evolution

胤 Bronze script Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)

Bronze script

Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
胤 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
胤 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

胤  

yìn

heir, successor; progeny, posterity; descendant; heir; offspring; posterity; to inherit

Most common words with 胤
Freq.
Word
Meaning

胤

heir

赵匡胤

Zhao Kuangyin, personal name of founding Song emperor Song Taizu 宋太祖 (927-976)

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[ɢ]ə[n]-s

yinH

yìn

descendants


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

3982nd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

9

Unicode

U+80E4

Shuowen

“胤，子孫相承續也。从肉，从八，象其長也；从幺，象重累也。，古文胤。”


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