寅
yín

3rd earthly branch

寅 yín
3rd earthly branch
Third of the twelve earthly branches, associated with the tiger; often refers to the period between 3 a.m. and 5 a.m., the first month of the lunar calendar, or the compass point 60 degrees.
respectfully
(literary) To be respectful or reverent.
colleague
(abbreviation) A short form for colleague, used in contexts regarding fellow officials.
Yin
A Chinese surname.
3-5 a.m.
The period of the day from 3 a.m. to 5 a.m.; the third of the twelve two-hour periods 时辰 shí​chen.
1st solar month
The first month of the lunar calendar, typically from early February to early March.

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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
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)