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侌

yīn

Character

What 侌 means

1. old variant of {阴|yīn}

Characters built on 今

These share the phonetic component 今 (jīn), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 琴qínguqin 古琴; musical instrument in general
• 吟yínto chant; to recite; verse; song (often used in titles of classical poems)…
• 矜jīnto boast; to esteem; to sympathize
• 衾qīncoverlet; quilt
• 妗jìnwife of mother's brother
• 芩qínPhragmites japonica
• 衿jīncollar; belt; variant of 襟

Sounds the same

Read yīn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 因cause; reason; because
• 阴overcast (weather); cloudy; shady
• 音sound; noise; note (of musical scale)
• 姻marriage connections
• 茵mattress
• 荫(bound form) shade (of a tree)
• 殷flourishing; abundant; earnest
• 铟indium (chemistry)
• 慇solicitous
• 氤used in 氤氲
• 喑mute
• 洇to soak; to blotch; to splotch