夤
yín

distant place

Components

夕
夕 Meaning component
xī evening

night

寅
寅 Sound component
yín 3rd earthly branch

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Mid Warring States ~300 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Qin 221-206 BC
Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartyin[ɢ[(r)ə[r]small of the back, region of the reins
Zhengzhanglin
Unicodein

說文解字

敬惕也。从夕寅聲。《易》曰：“夕惕若夤。”

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)