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廴

yǐn

Character

What 廴 means

1. "long stride" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 54), occurring in 建, 延, 廷 etc

Sounds the same

Read yǐn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 饮to drink
• 引to draw (e.g. a bow); to pull; to stretch sth
• 隐(bound form) secret; hidden; concealed; crypto-
• 瘾addiction; craving
• 尹(literary) to administer; to govern; (bound form) governor; prefect…
• 殷roll of thunder
• 听smile (archaic)
• 蚓used in 蚯蚓
• 吲used in 吲哚
• 檃tool used for shaping wood (old)
• 櫽tool used for shaping wood (old); old variant of 檃
• 磤(onomatopoeia) sound of thunder