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殷

yān

Character

What 殷 means

1. dark red

Other readings

殷 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• yīnflourishing; abundant; earnest
• yǐnroll of thunder
• Yīnsurname Yin; dynasty name at the end the Shang dynasty, after its move to Yinxu {殷墟|Yīn xū

Words starting with 殷

• 殷勤yīn qínpolitely; solicitously; eagerly attentive
• 殷切yīn qièardent; eager; earnest
• 殷殷yīn yīnearnest; ardent (hope etc)
• 殷红yān hóngdark red
• 殷实yīn shíthriving; well-off; substantial
• 殷商Yīn shāngfinal name of the Shang dynasty after their move to Yinxu 殷墟 in modern Henan province
• 殷墟Yīn xūYinxu, ruins of Yinshang 殷商 city at Anyang 安阳 in Henan province, a World Heritage site
• 殷富yīn fùwell off; prosperous
• 殷弘绪Yīn Hóng xùFrançois Xavier d'Entrecolles (1664-1741), French Jesuit missionary to Kangxi court
• 殷都区Yīn dū QūYindu, a district of Anyang City 安阳市
• 殷忧启圣yīn yōu qǐ shèngdeep suffering can lead to enlightenment (idiom); storms make oaks take deeper root
• 殷都Yīn dūsee 殷都区

Words containing 殷

• 献殷勤xiàn yīn qínto be particularly attentive to (an attractive young lady or man etc)…
• 孔殷kǒng yīnurgent; numerous
• 红殷殷hóng yān yāndark red; crimson; also pr. hóng yīn yīn
• 无事献殷勤，非奸即盗wú shì xiàn yīn qín , fēi jiān jí dàoone who is unaccountably solicitous is hiding evil intentions (idiom)

Characters that look like 殷

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 架jiàto support; frame; rack
• 染rǎnto dye; to catch (a disease); to acquire (bad habits etc)
• 敢gǎnto dare; daring; (polite) may I venture
• 胺àn(chemistry) amine; colloquial pr. ān; Taiwan pr. ān
• 绽zhànto burst open; to split at the seam
• 烩huìto braise; to cook (rice etc) with vegetables, meat and water

Sounds the same

Read yān, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 烟cigarette or pipe tobacco; smoke; mist
• 淹to flood; to submerge; to drown
• 焉where; how
• 阉to castrate; a castrate; neuter
• 嫣(literary) lovely; sweet
• 腌to salt; to pickle; to cure (meat)
• 咽throat; pharynx; narrow pass
• 湮(literary) to sink into oblivion; (literary) to silt up; Taiwan pr. yīn
• 胭rouge
• 啱correct; suitable; to suit sb
• 鄢used in 鄢陵
• 恹used in 恹恹