yīn

dark

Components

Sound component
jīn now
SoundMeaning component
yún clouds

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

說文解字

《說文》:“,雲覆日也。从雲,今聲。侌,古文或省。,亦古文。”

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical images
Academia Sinica