殷

殷 (Kangxi radical 79, 殳+6, 10 strokes, cangjie input 竹尸竹弓水 (HSHNE), four-corner 2724₇, composition ⿰㐆殳)

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 585, character 2
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 16627
• Dae Jaweon: page 977, character 19
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2156, character 4
• Unihan data for U+6BB7

Historical forms of the character 殷
Shang	Western Zhou
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions

Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意): a pregnant woman (身, now written reversed as 㐆) next to a hand grabbing a hammer or mallet (now written 殳). However, in this character, the hand could be grabbing a needle for acupuncture.

The character is partly unclear, however the original meaning was either referred to pain and medical treatment and/or to "abundance, prosperity" in reference to the swollen abdomen.

殷

1. (metonymic) (～朝) Shang Dynasty after Pan Geng moved the capital of the state to its final location at Yīn (i.e., Late Shang Dynasty)
2. (by extension) (～朝) Alternative name for 商 (shāng, “Shang Dynasty”).
3. abundant; rich

   殷實／殷实  ―  yīnshí  ―  well-off

4. (literary) large; flourishing

   • 莊周曰：「此何鳥哉？翼殷不逝，目大不覩。」
     庄周曰：「此何鸟哉？翼殷不逝，目大不睹。」

     From: Zhuangzi, circa 3^rd – 2^nd centuries BCE

     Zhuāngzhōu yuē: “Cǐ hé niǎo zāi? Yì yīn bù shì, mù dà bù dǔ.”

     Zhuangzi said, “What kind of bird is it? It cannot fly very far with its huge wings and cannot see clearly with its big eyes.”

5. (literary) many; numerous
6. (of emotions) deep
7. a surname

   殷海光  ―  Yīn Hǎiguāng  ―  Yin Haiguang (20th-century Chinese philosopher)

殷

1. blood red; deep red

殷

1. sound of thunder
2. to shake; to tremble

(Hyōgai kanji)

• Go-on: おん (on)、えん (en)
• Kan-on: いん (in)、あん (an)
• Kun: さかん (sakan, 殷ん)、おおい (ōi, 殷い)^{←おほい (ofoi, 殷い, historical)}、ゆたか (yutaka, 殷か)、にぎやか (nigiyaka, 殷やか)、ねんごろ (nengoro, 殷ろ)、あかい (akai, 殷い)
• Nanori: たか (taka)、ただ (tada)

The senses “Shang dynasty” and “prosperous” are from Middle Chinese 殷 (MC 'j+n), corresponding to modern Mandarin yīn and Cantonese jan¹. The sense “rumbling” corresponds to modern Mandarin yǐn and Cantonese jan².

The kan'on pronunciation, so likely a later borrowing.

• IPA^(key):

殷(いん) • (In) 

1. (historical) Shang dynasty

• 商(しょう) (shō)

殷(いん) • (in) 

1. (historical) Shang dynasty
2. prosperous; flourishing
3. rumbling

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殷 (eum 은, 안 (eun, an))

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