陰

See also: 阴, 隂, and 侌
陰 U+9670, 陰
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9670
← 陯
[U+966F] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 陱 →
[U+9671]

Translingual

Han character

陰 (radical 170, 阜+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 弓中人戈戈 (NLOII), four-corner 78231, composition ⿰阝侌)

Derived characters

References

  • KangXi: page 1353, character 6
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 41691
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1855, character 12
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 4138, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+9670

Chinese

trad. 陰
simp. 阴
alt. forms 𠆭

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (今) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
貪 *kʰl'uːm
嗿 *l̥ʰuːmʔ
僋 *l̥ʰuːms, *luːms
酓 *qʰɯːm, *qlamʔ, *qlɯːms
馠 *qʰɯːm
谽 *qʰɯːm
唅 *qʰɯːm, *ɡɯːms
含 *ɡɯːm
肣 *ɡɯːm, *ɡɯːmʔ
頷 *ɡɯːm, *ɡɯːmʔ
筨 *ɡɯːm
梒 *ɡɯːm
鋡 *ɡɯːm
莟 *ɡɯːmʔ, *ɡɯːms
琀 *ɡɯːms
浛 *ɡɯːms
盦 *qɯːm, *qaːb
韽 *qɯːm, *qrɯːms
玪 *krɯːm
妗 *qʰrɯːm, *kʰjam, *qʰlɯːm, *ɡrɯms
欦 *qʰrɯːmʔ, *qʰram, *kʰlam, *kʰlamʔ, *qʰlɯːm
黔 *ɡram, *ɡrɯm
鈐 *ɡram
鳹 *ɡram
雂 *ɡram, *ɡrɯm
念 *nɯːms
梣 *sɡɯm, *sɡrɯm
枔 *sɢrɯm
岑 *sɡrɯm
笒 *sɡrɯm, *ɡrɯms
涔 *sɡrɯm
侺 *ɡjɯms
今 *krɯm
黅 *krɯm
衿 *krɯm
衾 *kʰrɯm
坅 *kʰrɯmʔ
搇 *kʰrɯms
琴 *ɡrɯm
禽 *ɡrɯm
芩 *ɡrɯm
庈 *ɡrɯm
耹 *ɡrɯm
靲 *ɡrɯm
擒 *ɡrɯm
檎 *ɡrɯm
紟 *ɡrɯms
吟 *ŋɡrɯm, *ŋɡrɯms
訡 *ŋɡrɯm
廞 *qʰrɯm, *qʰrɯmʔ
陰 *qrɯm
霠 *qrɯm
飲 *qrɯmʔ, *qrɯms
蔭 *qrɯms
廕 *qrɯms
矜 *ɡrɯn, *ɡɯn, *kɯŋ

Pronunciation

Note:
  • im - literary;
  • iam - vernacular (limited, e.g. 半陰陽).
Rime
Character 陰
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 影 (34)
Final (韻) 侵 (140)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) Chongniu III
Fanqie 於金切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ʔˠiɪm/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ʔᵚim/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ʔiem/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /ʔjim/
Li
Rong		 /ʔjəm/
Wang
Li		 /ĭĕm/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /ʔi̯əm/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 yīn
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 陰
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 yīn
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ ʔim ›
Old
Chinese		 /*q(r)um/
English dark

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 陰
Reading # 1/1
No. 6623
Phonetic
component		 今
Rime
group		 侵
Rime
subdivision		 1
Corresponding
MC rime		 音
Old
Chinese		 /*qrɯm/

Definitions

陰

  1. cloudy, overcast
  2. dark
  3. † hidden, secret
  4. † negative
  5. † The Moon
  6. shade, shadow
  7. (philosophy) "female" principle; yin in yin-yang
  8. genitalia (of humans)
    大陰人嫪毐 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
    大阴人嫪毐 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
    From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, circa 91 BCE
    dàyīnrén Lào Āi [Pinyin]
    Lao Ai of the large penis

Antonyms

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

陰

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

  1. hidden
  2. dark
  3. negative

Readings

Compounds

Synonyms

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
陰
かげ
Grade: S
kun’yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

陰 (hiragana かげ, rōmaji kage)

  1. shadow, shade
    木の陰
    a shadow of a tree
  2. hidden side
    陰で動き回る
    maneuver in a hidden side
    陰の支配者
    a hidden ruler
See also

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
陰
いん
Grade: S
kun’yomi

From Middle Chinese 陰 (ʔˠiɪm).

Pronunciation

Noun

陰 (hiragana いん, rōmaji in)

  1. yin

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
陰
ほと
Grade: S
kun’yomi

/hoto2/: *[potə] → [ɸoto] → [hoto]. As indicated in the Wamyōshō citation, /to2/ may be related to 処 (/to1/, “place, location”), but the phonological difference can not be explained. Perhaps related to Korean 보지 (poji, “vagina”).

Pronunciation

Noun

陰 (hiragana ほと, rōmaji hoto)

  1. female genitalia
    • 712, Kojiki
      因生此子、美蕃登此三字以音。見灸而病臥在。
    • 712, Kojiki
      逆剥天斑馬剥而、所墮入時、天服織女見驚而、於梭衝陰上而死。訓陰上云富登。
  2. (by extension) male genitalia
    • 931–938, Wamyō Ruijushō, book 2, page 44-45:
      陰 釋名云、陰、今案玉茎玉門等通稱也 [...] 原書無其字按神代紀、「陰訓保止、保是含包之言、即所謂在陰翳之義、止、處也」 [...]
Synonyms

References

  1. 1 2 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 1 2 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja

陰 • (eum) (hangeul 음)

  1. 'female' principle
  2. dark
  3. secret

Compounds

Okinawan

Etymology

Cognate with Japanese 陰 (hoto).

Kanji

陰 (hiragana ほー, romaji hō)

Noun

陰 (hiragana ほー, romaji hō)

  1. female genitalia

Derived terms

References

  • 沖縄語辞典 (Okinawago Jiten, “Okinawan Dictionary”)‎, 1963

Vietnamese

Han character

陰 (âm, ơm)

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Compounds

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