阴
overcast (weather); cloudy; shady; Yin (the negative principle of Yin and Yang); negative (electric.); feminine; moon; implicit; hidden; genitalia
6 strokes
Dict coverage rank #535 U+9634
How 阴 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
The place 阝 of the moon 月; compare 阳
How to remember it
Yin · Heisig RSH #1059
pinnacle + moon
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words containing 阴
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 山阴县 | Shān yīn Xiàn | Shanyin, a county in Shuozhou City 朔州市[Shuo4 zhou1 Shi4], Shanxi |
| 林阴大道 | lín yīn dà dào | boulevard; tree-lined avenue; CL:條|条[tiao2] |
| 平阴县 | Píng yīn Xiàn | Pingyin, a county in Jinan City 濟南市|济南市[Ji3 nan2 Shi4], Shandong |
| 阴阳合同 | yīn yáng hé tóng | a deal where the parties collude to sign an under-the-table "yin contract" 陰合同|阴合同 as well… |
| 阴道口 | yīn dào kǒu | female external genitalia (anatomy); vulva |
| 江阴市 | Jiāng yīn Shì | Jiangyin, a county-level city in Wuxi City 無錫市|无锡市[Wu2 xi1 Shi4], Jiangsu |
| 阴阳家 | Yīn yáng jiā | School of Yin-Yang of the Warring States Period (475-221 BC) founded by Zou Yan 鄒衍|邹衍[Zou1… |
| 林阴道 | lín yīn dào | see 林蔭道|林荫道[lin2 yin4 dao4] |
| 华阴市 | Huá yīn Shì | Huayin, a county-level city in Weinan City 渭南市[Wei4 nan2 Shi4], Shaanxi |
| 林阴路 | lín yīn lù | see 林蔭道|林荫道[lin2 yin4 dao4] |
| 阴平声 | yīn píng shēng | high and level tone, the first tone of putonghua |
| 山阴 | Shān yīn | see 山陰縣|山阴县[Shan1 yin1 Xian4] |
| 阴山 | Yīn shān | Yin mountains in Inner Mongolia |
| 阴天 | yīn tiān | cloudy day; overcast sky |
| 阴性 | yīn xìng | negative; feminine |
| 会阴 | huì yīn | perineum; see 會陰穴|会阴穴[hui4 yin1 xue2] |
| 阴电 | yīn diàn | negative electric charge |
| 阴面 | yīn miàn | shady side; dark side |
| 下阴 | xià yīn | the genitals |
| 平阴 | Píng yīn | see 平陰縣|平阴县[Ping2 yin1 Xian4] |