• 985th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 106 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. yīn (Yin1)surname Yin
2. yīn (yin1)overcast (weather) • cloudy • shady • Yin (the negative principle of Yin and Yang) • negative (electric.) • feminine • moon • implicit • hidden • genitalia

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

Common

光阴 (光陰)
阴冷 (陰冷)
阴天 (陰天)
阴影 (陰影)
阴暗 (陰暗)
阴谋 (陰謀)
阴霾 (陰霾)

Uncommon

光阴似箭 (光陰似箭)
平阴 (平陰)
江阴 (江陰)
江阴市 (江陰市)
阴功 (陰功)
阴差阳错 (陰差陽錯)
阴性 (陰性)
阴暗面 (陰暗面)
阴历 (陰曆)
阴森 (陰森)
阴沉 (陰沉)
阴凉 (陰涼)
阴湿 (陰濕)
阴笑 (陰笑)
阴茎 (陰莖)
阴虚 (陰虛)
阴谋论 (陰謀論)
阴道 (陰道)
阴道炎 (陰道炎)
阴部 (陰部)
阴间 (陰間)
阴阳 (陰陽)
阴险 (陰險)
阴云 (陰雲)
阴风 (陰風)
阴郁 (陰鬱)

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  • 4305th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 2 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. mái (mai2)dust-storm

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

Uncommon

烟霾 (煙霾)
阴霾 (陰霾)
Decomposition Levels:
Level 1 - Once: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2 - Radical: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3 - Graphical: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
If you see questions marks or too many "block" characters, especially when it comes to level 3 decomposition you might need the correct font.