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陰

See also: 阴, 隂, and 侌
陰 U+9670, 陰
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9670
← 陯
[U+966F] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 陱 →
[U+9671]

Translingual

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Han character

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陰 (Kangxi radical 170, 阜+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 弓中人戈戈 (NLOII), four-corner 78231, composition ⿰阝侌)

Derived characters

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References

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1353, character 6
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 41691
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1855, character 12
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4138, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+9670

Chinese

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trad. 陰
simp. 阴
alternative forms
侌
𠊺
𣍤
𤽎
阥
侌
𠊺
𣍤
𤽎
阥
𨹉
隂
𨻔
𨼖
𨽙
𨽭
𨹩
𩃬
𣱙
𢉩
𠆭
 

Glyph origin

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Historical forms of the character 陰
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script
 
Characters in the same phonetic series (今) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
貪 *kʰl'uːm
嗿 *l̥ʰuːmʔ
僋 *l̥ʰuːms, *luːms
酓 *qʰɯːm, *qlamʔ, *qlɯːms
馠 *qʰɯːm
谽 *qʰɯːm
唅 *qʰɯːm, *ɡɯːms
含 *ɡɯːm
肣 *ɡɯːm, *ɡɯːmʔ
頷 *ɡɯːm, *ɡɯːmʔ
筨 *ɡɯːm
梒 *ɡɯːm
鋡 *ɡɯːm
莟 *ɡɯːmʔ, *ɡɯːms
琀 *ɡɯːms
浛 *ɡɯːms
盦 *qɯːm, *qaːb
韽 *qɯːm, *qrɯːms
玪 *krɯːm
妗 *qʰrɯːm, *kʰjam, *qʰlɯːm, *ɡrɯms
欦 *qʰrɯːmʔ, *qʰram, *kʰlam, *kʰlamʔ, *qʰlɯːm
黔 *ɡram, *ɡrɯm
鈐 *ɡram
鳹 *ɡram
雂 *ɡram, *ɡrɯm
念 *nɯːms
梣 *sɡɯm, *sɡrɯm
枔 *sɢrɯm
岑 *sɡrɯm
笒 *sɡrɯm, *ɡrɯms
涔 *sɡrɯm
侺 *ɡjɯms
今 *krɯm
黅 *krɯm
衿 *krɯm
衾 *kʰrɯm
坅 *kʰrɯmʔ
搇 *kʰrɯms
琴 *ɡrɯm
禽 *ɡrɯm
芩 *ɡrɯm
庈 *ɡrɯm
耹 *ɡrɯm
靲 *ɡrɯm
擒 *ɡrɯm
檎 *ɡrɯm
紟 *ɡrɯms
吟 *ŋɡrɯm, *ŋɡrɯms
訡 *ŋɡrɯm
廞 *qʰrɯm, *qʰrɯmʔ
陰 *qrɯm
霠
飲 *qrɯmʔ, *qrɯms
蔭 *qrɯms
廕 *qrɯms
矜 *ɡrɯn, *ɡɯn, *kɯŋ

According to Shuowen, a phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *qrɯm) : semantic 阜 + phonetic 侌 ().

Etymology

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From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *r(u/i)m (“dark; shade; dusk; twilight”); compare Tibetan རུམ (rum, “darkness”), Jingpho rim (“to be dusk”) (Benedict, 1972; Bodman, 1980; STEDT).

Schuessler (2007) compares it instead to Burmese အုံ့ (um., “to become overcast”), Adi mugyum (“shade; shadow”), Lepcha ᰠᰨᰌᰤᰪᰮ (so-dyŭm, “shade”).

Pronunciation

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Note:
  • im - literary;
  • iam - vernacular (limited, e.g. 半陰陽).
Rime
Character 陰
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 影 (34)
Final (韻) 侵 (140)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 於金切
Baxter 'im
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ʔˠiɪm/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ʔᵚim/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ʔiem/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ʔjim/
Li
Rong 		/ʔjəm/
Wang
Li 		/ĭĕm/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/ʔi̯əm/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		yīn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		jam1
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 陰
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		yīn
Middle
Chinese 		‹ ʔim ›
Old
Chinese 		/*q(r)um/
English dark

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 陰
Reading # 1/1
No. 6623
Phonetic
component 		今
Rime
group 		侵
Rime
subdivision 		1
Corresponding
MC rime 		音
Old
Chinese 		/*qrɯm/

Definitions

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陰

  1. cloudy; overcast; gloomy
    陰暗／阴暗  ―  yīn'àn  ―  dark; gloomy
    天陰了。／天阴了。  ―  Tiān yīn le.  ―  The sky is overcast.
    陰轉晴／阴转晴  ―  yīn zhuǎn qíng  ―  cloudy to fine
  2. hidden; secret
    陽奉陰違／阳奉阴违  ―  yángfèngyīnwéi  ―  to overtly agree but covertly oppose; to comply in public but oppose in private
  3. negative
    陰極／阴极  ―  yīnjí  ―  cathode
    陰離子／阴离子  ―  yīnlízǐ  ―  anion; negative ion
  4. the Moon
    太陰／太阴  ―  tàiyīn  ―  moon
    陰曆／阴历  ―  yīnlì  ―  lunar calendar
  5. shade; shadow
    樹陰／树阴  ―  shùyīn  ―  shade of a tree
    背陰／背阴  ―  bèiyīn  ―  to be in the shade
  6. north of a mountain or south of a river
    山陰／山阴  ―  shānyīn  ―  northern side of a mountain
    江陰／江阴  ―  Jiāngyīn  ―  Jiangyin (a county situated on the south side of the Yangtze River)
  7. back side
    碑陰／碑阴  ―  bēiyīn  ―  posterior of a stele
  8. of the nether world; of ghosts
    陰間／阴间  ―  yīnjiān  ―  afterworld; netherworld
    陰陽相隔／阴阳相隔  ―  yīnyáng xiànggé  ―  (please add an English translation of this usage example)
  9. (philosophy) "female" principle; yin in yin-yang
  10. in intaglio
    陰文／阴文  ―  yīnwén  ―  intagliated characters or designs
  11. treacherous; deceitful; cheating
    陰險／阴险  ―  yīnxiǎn  ―  treacherous
    好哇，你敢跟我玩兒陰的！ [MSC, trad.]
    好哇，你敢跟我玩儿阴的！ [MSC, simp.]
    Hǎo wa, nǐ gǎn gēn wǒ wánr yīn de! [Pinyin]
    Fine, you dare play dirty with me!
  12. (dialectal) to deceive; to trick; to trap
    我今兒個讓人給陰了。 [dialectal Mandarin, trad.]
    我今儿个让人给阴了。 [dialectal Mandarin, simp.]
    Wǒ jīnrge ràng rén gěi yīn le. [Pinyin]
    Today I have been tricked by someone.
  13. (Chinese phonetics, of a syllable) open; not having a consonant coda
  14. (Cantonese) bangs; fringe
    alt. forms: 𩬎
  15. genitalia (of humans)
    陰道／阴道  ―  yīndào  ―  vagina
    外陰／外阴  ―  wàiyīn  ―  vulva
  16. a surname

Antonyms

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See also

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The tones (of Chinese) in Mandarin · 聲調 / 声调 (shēngdiào) (layout · text)
平仄 (píngzè) 平 (píng)
平聲 / 平声 (píngshēng) 		仄 (zè)
仄聲 / 仄声 (zèshēng)
平上去入 (píngshǎngqùrù)
四聲 / 四声 (sìshēng) 		平 (píng)
平聲 / 平声 (píngshēng) 		上 (shǎng)
上聲 / 上声 (shǎngshēng) 		去 (qù)
去聲 / 去声 (qùshēng) 		入 (rù)
入聲 / 入声 (rùshēng)
標調方法 / 标调方法 (biāodiào fāngfǎ)
標調法 / 标调法 		四角標調法 / 四角标调法 ꜀◌ ꜂◌ ◌꜄ ◌꜆
[Term?] ◌〪 ◌〫 ◌〬 ◌〭
傍點 / 傍点 ∅ ◌〮 ◌〯 ∅
四聲八調 / 四声八调 陰平 / 阴平 (yīnpíng) 陽平 / 阳平 (yángpíng) 陰上 / 阴上 (yīnshǎng) 陽上 / 阳上 (yángshǎng) 陰去 / 阴去 (yīnqù) 陽去 / 阳去 (yángqù) 陰入 / 阴入 (yīnrù) 陽入 / 阳入 (yángrù)
陰 / 阴 (yīn) 陽 / 阳 (yáng)
標調方法 / 标调方法 (biāodiào fāngfǎ)
標調法 / 标调法 		四角標調法 / 四角标调法 ꜀◌ ꜁◌ ꜂◌ ꜃◌ ◌꜄ ◌꜅ ◌꜆ ◌꜇
The tones (of Standard Mandarin) in Mandarin · 聲調 / 声调 (shēngdiào) (layout · text)
四聲 / 四声 (sìshēng) 陰平 / 阴平 (yīnpíng)
一聲 / 一声 		陽平 / 阳平 (yángpíng)
二聲 / 二声 (èrshēng) 		上聲 / 上声 (shǎngshēng)
三聲 / 三声 (sānshēng) 		去聲 / 去声 (qùshēng)
四聲 / 四声 (sìshēng) 		輕聲 / 轻声 (qīngshēng)

Compounds

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Descendants

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  • → Proto-Tai: *rɤmᴮ (“shade”)
    • Thai: ร่ม (rôm, “shade, umbrella, parachute”)

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Japanese

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Kanji

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陰

(Jōyō kanji)

  1. shade
  2. dark, gloomy
  3. hidden, invisible
  4. negative, yin (in contrast to yang)

Readings

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Compounds

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Compounds

Synonyms

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Etymology 1

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Kanji in this term
陰
かげ
Grade: S
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
翳

Pronunciation

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Noun

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陰(かげ) • (kage) 

  1. shadow, shade
    木(き)の陰(かげ)
    ki no kage
    a shadow of a tree
  2. hidden side
    陰(かげ)で動(うご)き回(まわ)る
    kage de ugoki mawaru
    maneuver in a hidden side
    陰(かげ)の支(し)配(はい)者(しゃ)
    kage no shihaisha
    a hidden ruler
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Etymology 2

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Kanji in this term
陰
いん
Grade: S
kun'yomi

From Middle Chinese 陰 (ʔˠiɪm).

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Affix

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陰(いん) • (in) 

  1. shade; shadow
  2. shadow of the sun; (figuratively) time
  3. hidden; invisible; secret
  4. genitalia
  5. negative; “female”; quiescent; minus
  6. (philosophy) yin
  7. north side of mountain; south side of water
  8. the moon

Noun

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陰(いん) • (in) 

  1. (philosophy) yin
  2. (literary) shady area; (陰に) in the shade; secretly; in private

Etymology 3

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Kanji in this term
陰
ほと
Grade: S
kun'yomi

/hoto2/: *[potə] → [ɸoto] → [hoto]. As indicated in the Wamyōshō citation, /to2/ may be related to 処 (/to1/, “place, location”), but the phonological difference can not be explained. Perhaps related to Korean 보지 (boji, “vagina”).

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Noun

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陰(ほと) • (hoto) 

  1. female genitalia
    • 712, Kojiki
      因生此子、美蕃登此三字以音。見灸而病臥在。
      (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    • 712, Kojiki
      逆剥天斑馬剥而、所墮入時、天服織女見驚而、於梭衝陰上而死。訓陰上云富登。
      (please add an English translation of this usage example)
  2. (by extension) male genitalia
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:陰茎
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References

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

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Alternative forms

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Etymology 1

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From Middle Chinese 陰 (MC 'im).

Recorded as Middle Korean 隂/ᅙᅳᆷ (Yale: qum) in Dongguk Jeongun (東國正韻 / 동국정운), 1448.

Recorded as Middle Korean 隂/음 (um) (Yale: um) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

Hanja

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Wikisource

陰 (eumhun 그늘 음 (geuneul eum))

  1. hanja form? of 음 (“dark; shady”)
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Compounds
  • {{ko-l|1=음각|2=陰刻}}
  • {{ko-l|1=음경|2=陰莖|3=penis}}
  • {{ko-l|1=음계|2=陰界}}
  • {{ko-l|1=음극|2=陰極}}
  • {{ko-l|1=음기|2=陰氣}}
  • {{ko-l|1=음낭|2=陰囊}}
  • {{ko-l|1=음덕|2=陰德}}
  • {{ko-l|1=음력|2=陰曆}}
  • {{ko-l|1=음렬|2=陰裂|3=pudendal cleft}}
  • {{ko-l|1=음모|2=陰毛}}
  • {{ko-l|1=음모|2=陰謀}}
  • {{ko-l|1=음문|2=陰門}}
  • {{ko-l|1=음밀|2=陰密}}
  • {{ko-l|1=음복|2=陰伏}}
  • {{ko-l|1=음부|2=陰部}}
  • {{ko-l|1=음사|2=陰事}}
  • {{ko-l|1=음사|2=陰私}}
  • {{ko-l|1=음선|2=陰線}}
  • {{ko-l|1=음성|2=陰性}}
  • {{ko-l|1=음수|2=陰數}}
  • {{ko-l|1=음순|2=陰脣|3=labia}}
  • {{ko-l|1=음실|2=陰室}}
  • {{ko-l|1=음암|2=陰暗}}
  • {{ko-l|1=음애|2=陰崖}}
  • {{ko-l|1=음양|2=陰陽}}
  • {{ko-l|1=음영|2=陰影}}
  • {{ko-l|1=음우|2=陰佑}}
  • {{ko-l|1=음울|2=陰鬱}}
  • {{ko-l|1=음전|2=陰電}}
  • {{ko-l|1=음조|2=陰助}}
  • {{ko-l|1=음지|2=陰地}}
  • {{ko-l|1=음침|2=陰沈}}
  • {{ko-l|1=음풍|2=陰風}}
  • {{ko-l|1=음해|2=陰害}}
  • {{ko-l|1=음핵|2=陰核}}
  • {{ko-l|1=음허|2=陰虛}}
  • {{ko-l|1=음험|2=陰險}}
  • {{ko-l|1=음흉|2=陰凶}}
  • {{ko-l|1=광음|2=光陰}}
  • {{ko-l|1=녹음|2=綠陰}}
  • {{ko-l|1=농음|2=濃陰}}
  • {{ko-l|1=비음|2=碑陰}}
  • {{ko-l|1=야음|2=夜陰}}
  • {{ko-l|1=양음|2=涼陰}}
  • {{ko-l|1=자음|2=滋陰}}
  • {{ko-l|1=장음|2=廧陰}}
  • {{ko-l|1=촌음|2=寸陰}}
  • {{ko-l|1=춘음|2=春陰}}
  • {{ko-l|1=태음|2=太陰}}
  • {{ko-l|1=호음|2=沍陰}}
  • {{ko-l|1=회음|2=會陰|3=perineum}}
  • {{ko-l|1=음경골|2=陰莖骨}}
  • {{ko-l|1=음양가|2=陰陽家}}
  • {{ko-l|1=음전기|2=陰電氣}}
  • {{ko-l|1=음전자|2=陰電子}}
  • {{ko-l|1=대음순|2=大陰脣}}
  • {{ko-l|1=소음순|2=小陰脣}}
  • {{ko-l|1=태음력|2=太陰曆}}

Etymology 2

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Related to Middle Chinese 闇 (MC 'omH, “dark; gloomy”).

Hanja

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陰 (eumhun 침묵할 암 (chimmukhal am))

  1. (archaic) hanja form? of 암 (“to be silent”)
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References

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  • 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [2]

Okinawan

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Kanji

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陰

(Jōyō kanji)

Compounds

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Etymology

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Cognate with Japanese 陰 (hoto).

Noun

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陰(ほー) (hō) 

  1. female genitalia

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Vietnamese

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Han character

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陰: Hán Nôm readings: âm, ơm

  1. chữ Hán form of âm (“yin”).

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