See also: 阴阳

Chinese

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(of weather) overcast; Yin; feminine
(of weather) overcast; Yin; feminine; moon; cloudy; negative (electric.); shady
 
positive (electric.); sun; male
trad. (陰陽)
simp. (阴阳)
Literally: “moonlight (dark) and sunlight (light)”.
 
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Etymology

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Yin later came to be associated with “female, dark, soft, passive, etc.”, and yang later came to be associated with “male, light, hard, active, etc.”.

Pronunciation

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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (34) (36)
Final () (140) (105)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () III III
Fanqie
Baxter 'im yang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ʔˠiɪm/ /jɨɐŋ/
Pan
Wuyun
/ʔᵚim/ /jiɐŋ/
Shao
Rongfen
/ʔiem/ /iɑŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ʔjim/ /jɨaŋ/
Li
Rong
/ʔjəm/ /iaŋ/
Wang
Li
/ĭĕm/ /jĭaŋ/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/ʔi̯əm/ /i̯aŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
yīn yáng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
jam1 joeng4
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
yīn yáng
Middle
Chinese
‹ ʔim › ‹ yang ›
Old
Chinese
/*q(r)um/ /*laŋ/
English dark bright

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
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 6623 14590
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*qrɯm/ /*laŋ/

Noun

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陰陽

  1. (Chinese philosophy) yin and yang () (two opposing forces in nature)
  2. (figurative) two contrasting things; antitheses
  3. (literary) ancient Chinese astronomy, especially the study of the movement of celestial bodies
  4. (literary, historical) occult arts such as astrology, divination, geomancy, etc.
  5. (literary, historical) yin-yang geomancer
  6. (physics) cathode and anode (Short for 陰極. and Short for 陽極.)
  7. (Sichuanese) fengshui master; geomancer

Synonyms

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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Sino-Xenic (陰陽):

Others:

Japanese

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Kanji in this term
おん
Grade: S
よう > みょう
Grade: 3
goon
Kanji in this term
おん
Grade: S
よう
Grade: 3
goon
Kanji in this term
いん
Grade: S
よう
Grade: 3
kan'on

Etymology

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From Middle Chinese 陰陽 (MC 'im yang). The reading for changes to myō as an instance of renjō (連声).

Noun

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(いん)(よう) or (おん)(よう) or (おん)(みょう) (in'yō or on'yō or onmyō

  1. yin-yang

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Korean

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Hanja in this term

Noun

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陰陽 (eumyang) (hangeul 음양)

  1. hanja form? of 음양 (yin-yang)

Vietnamese

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chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Noun

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陰陽

  1. chữ Hán form of âm dương (yin-yang).
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