阴
yīnyìnān HSK2

dark

阴 陰 yīn frequency
variant 隂
shade noun
shade; a place shaded from the sun; the back or reverse side of a physical object
hidden nounadjective
hidden; secret; covert; sinister; treacherous
overcast adjectivenoun
overcast; cloudy; dark; lacking sunlight
negative adjective
(bound form) negative in electrical charge; negative in a medical test
time noun
(literary) time; the passage of time
Yin (philosophy)
the female, passive, or negative principle in nature (as opposed to Yang)
genitalia
genitalia; the reproductive organs
intaglio
(bound form) intaglio; incised; carved in relief
Yin (surname)
a Chinese surname
moon
(literary) the moon; lunar
netherworld
the netherworld; the world of the dead; of or relating to spirits
yin side
the north side of a hill or the south bank of a river
阴 陰 yìn
variant 隂
to shade
(archaic) to shade; to cover or shelter
阴 陰 ān
mourning hut
same as 暗 àn (dark; dim)

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Frequency
Character
Written text
987th most common 165.0 per million
Movie subtitles
1,214th most common 69.5 per million appears in 29% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
10.2 per million appears in 3% of films
Written text
43.9 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 2
HSK 3.0
Level 2
Traditional
陰
Strokes
6
Unicode
U+9634

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