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yīn
yīnspelled as in · 1st tone — spelling rules
sound · noise
Radical: 音 Strokes: 9
Structure: Top-bottomFrequency: Most common
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Character Decomposition
音=立+日
Etymology
A tongue 立 forming a sound in the mouth 日
Meanings
sound
noise
note (of musical scale)
tone
news
syllable
reading (phonetic value of a character)
yīn
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Words with 音 698 total
Idioms with 音 59 total Chain
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