yǐn

careful

Phonosemantic compound. 𤔌 represents the sound and represents the meaning.

Components

𤔌
𤔌 Sound component
yǐn hide
Meaning component
xīn, xin heart

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (2)

說文解字

《說文》:“,謹也。从心,聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical images
Academia Sinica