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U+5370, 印
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5370

CJK Unified Ideographs
U+329E, ㊞
CIRCLED IDEOGRAPH PRINT

Enclosed CJK Letters and Months

Translingual

Stroke order
6 strokes

Han character

(Kangxi radical 26, +4 in traditional Chinese, 卩+3 in mainland China, 6 strokes in traditional Chinese, 5 strokes in mainland China, cangjie input 竹心尸中 (HPSL), four-corner 77720, composition 𠀉(JK) or (GHT))

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 159, character 10
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2848
  • Dae Jaweon: page 363, character 16
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 312, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+5370

Chinese

trad.
simp. #

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character
Shang Western Zhou Warring States Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Chu slip and silk script Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts

Ideogrammic compound (會意会意): (hand) + (kneeling person) – a hand suppressing a kneeling person.

According to 羅振玉 in his book 《增訂殷墟書契考釋》(1915), the character is an ideogram of a hand suppressing a kneeling person. The character () (to suppress) was used to preserve the original meaning.

Etymology 1

Pronunciation


Note:
  • yìnr - “mark; print; trace”.
  • Cantonese
  • Note: ngan3 - rare.
    Note:
    • yin - literary;
    • yang - vernacular.
  • Jin
  • Northern Min
  • Eastern Min
  • Southern Min
  • Wu
  • Xiang

  • Rime
    Character
    Reading # 1/1
    Initial () (34)
    Final () (43)
    Tone (調) Departing (H)
    Openness (開合) Open
    Division () III
    Fanqie
    Baxter 'jinH
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang
    /ʔiɪnH/
    Pan
    Wuyun
    /ʔinH/
    Shao
    Rongfen
    /ʔjenH/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank
    /ʔinH/
    Li
    Rong
    /ʔiĕnH/
    Wang
    Li
    /ĭĕnH/
    Bernard
    Karlgren
    /ʔi̯ĕnH/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex
    yìn
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex
    jan3
    BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
    Character
    Reading # 1/1
    Modern
    Beijing
    (Pinyin)
    yìn
    Middle
    Chinese
    ‹ "jinH ›
    Old
    Chinese
    /*iŋ-s/
    English seal

    Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

    * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
    * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * 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
    Reading # 1/1
    No. 15322
    Phonetic
    component
    Rime
    group
    Rime
    subdivision
    2
    Corresponding
    MC rime
    Old
    Chinese
    /*qiŋs/

    Definitions

    1. stamp; seal
        ―  gàiyìn  ―  to stamp
    2. trace; mark; sign
        ―  jiǎoyìn  ―  footprint
        ―  làoyìn  ―  brand
    3. to tally
      心心相  ―  xīnxīnxiàngyìn  ―  to be of the same mind
    4. (literal or figurative) to engrave
    5. to print
      [MSC, trad.]
      [MSC, simp.]
      Zhè běn shū yìn le wǔ wàn cè.
      50,000 copies of this book were printed.
    6. A unit of measuring wok sizes.
    7. a surname
    See also

    Compounds

    Descendants

    Sino-Xenic ():
    • Japanese: (いん) (in)
    • Korean: 인(印) (in)
    • Vietnamese: ấn ()

    Others:

    • Vietnamese: in (, to print)

    Etymology 2

    Transliteration character.

    Pronunciation


    Definitions

    1. Short for 印度 (Yìndù, “India”).
    2. Short for 印度尼西亞印度尼西亚 (Yìndùníxīyà, “Indonesia”).

    Compounds

    Etymology 3

    For pronunciation and definitions of – see (“to press down; to keep down; to repress; to suppress; to restrain; to restrict; etc.”).
    (This character is a variant form of ).

    References

    Japanese

    Kanji

    (grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji)

    Readings

    Etymology 1

    Kanji in this term
    いん
    Grade: 4
    on’yomi

    From Middle Chinese (MC 'jinH).

    Pronunciation

    Affix

    (いん) (in

    1. stamp, seal
    2. trace, mark, sign
    3. printing
    4. Short for 印度 (Indo, India).
    Derived terms

    Noun

    (いん) (in

    1. stamp, seal
    2. (Buddhism) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
    Derived terms

    Etymology 2

    Kanji in this term
    しるし
    Grade: 4
    kun’yomi
    For pronunciation and definitions of – see the following entry.
    しるし
    mark, sign, indication, symbol
    Alternative spellings
    , ,
    (This term, , is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

    Etymology 3

    Kanji in this term
    かね
    Grade: 4
    kun’yomi
    For pronunciation and definitions of – see the following entry: かね

    (The following entry is uncreated: かね.)

    References

    1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006) 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

    Korean

    Etymology

    From Middle Chinese (MC 'jinH).

    Historical Readings
    Dongguk Jeongun Reading
    Dongguk Jeongun, 1448 ᅙᅵᆫ〮 (Yale: qín)
    Middle Korean
    Text Eumhun
    Gloss (hun) Reading
    Hunmong Jahoe, 1527 인〮 (Yale: ín) 인〮 (Yale: ín)

    Pronunciation

    Hanja

    Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

    Wikisource

    (eumhun 도장(圖章) (dojang in))

    1. Hanja form? of (seal, stamp).

    Compounds

    Proper noun

    Hanja in this term

    (In) (hangeul )

    1. (in news headlines) Short for ()() (Indo, India).

    Usage notes

    In news headlines, this is usually written solely in the hanja form, even in contemporary Korean text otherwise devoid of any hanja.

    References

    • 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전/電子字典.

    Vietnamese

    Han character

    : Hán Nôm readings: ấn, in, ắng

    1. chữ Hán form of Ấn (Clipping of Ấn Độ. (India or Indian)).
    2. chữ Hán form of ấn (to print).
    3. chữ Hán form of in (to print).