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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 陰

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
阴 yīn - surname Yin
阴 yīn - overcast (weather)
- cloudy
- shady
- Yin (the negative principle of Yin and Yang)
- negative (electric.)
- feminine
- moon
- implicit
- hidden
- genitalia

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - - 35,986 13,266

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

⿰ 阝 侌

Radical:

阝

Type:

Ideographic

Hint:

The shaded side of a hill 阝; 侌 provides the pronunciation

Other Words Containing 陰

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo