yín

3rd earthly branch

yín
compass point numeral
An ancient Chinese compass point representing a direction of 60 degrees.
earthly branch
The third of the twelve earthly branches, corresponding to the hours 3-5 a.m., the first month of the solar calendar, and the year of the Tiger.

Frequency

Character
Written text
3,422nd most common 5.77 per million
Movie subtitles
4,763rd most common 0.110 per million appears in 0% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
0.060 per million appears in 0% of films
Written text
0.978 per million

Details

Strokes
11
Unicode
U+5BC5

Sources