Read Edit View history Discussion 寅 yín 3rd earthly branch Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Originally written the same as 矢 (arrow). Later two hands (𦥑) were added to distinguish the characters. Pinyin Separate values with commas yín × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 寅 Simp strokes 寅 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 寅 Simp strokes 寅 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 寅 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 447, 851 ], [ 533, 802 ], [ 558, 766 ] ], [ [ 228, 693 ], [ 240, 656 ], [ 196, 561 ], [ 185, 499 ] ], [ [ 274, 655 ], [ 284, 645 ], [ 299, 644 ], [ 489, 681 ], [ 758, 713 ], [ 796, 698 ], [ 815, 673 ], [ 746, 585 ] ], [ [ 369, 562 ], [ 432, 557 ], [ 597, 593 ], [ 635, 590 ] ], [ [ 265, 434 ], [ 290, 417 ], [ 314, 385 ], [ 346, 231 ], [ 364, 185 ] ], [ [ 302, 432 ], [ 346, 422 ], 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863 641 Q 900 653 899 662 Q 898 672 824 724 Q 800 740 728 728 Q 511 698 376 677 Q 319 668 265 663 C 235 660 236 644 264 633 Z", "M 491 546 Q 635 579 639 581 Q 648 588 643 597 Q 636 607 608 615 Q 587 619 499 593 Q 423 578 377 572 Q 341 566 367 550 Q 403 529 460 539 L 491 546 Z", "M 296 436 Q 283 442 269 444 Q 262 445 258 441 Q 251 434 261 425 Q 298 376 316 253 Q 325 187 363 170 Q 378 169 378 190 L 376 219 Q 372 240 364 262 Q 343 376 341 400 C 339 419 324 425 296 436 Z", "M 478 466 Q 450 462 423 456 Q 344 440 296 436 C 266 433 313 390 341 400 Q 366 413 478 429 L 528 437 Q 645 458 667 445 Q 677 438 672 403 Q 647 271 635 245 L 631 217 Q 631 213 633 209 Q 639 191 652 193 Q 667 194 675 210 Q 690 229 715 324 Q 733 381 772 413 Q 793 429 775 447 Q 756 466 702 494 Q 684 504 610 487 Q 603 487 530 475 L 478 466 Z", "M 524 321 Q 564 328 602 332 Q 626 336 617 348 Q 607 363 581 368 Q 560 372 526 363 L 479 350 Q 433 340 395 329 Q 379 325 399 310 Q 409 303 429 306 Q 454 310 479 314 L 524 321 Z", "M 530 475 Q 534 511 529 517 Q 510 536 491 546 C 465 561 449 567 460 539 Q 460 538 462 534 Q 477 495 478 466 L 478 429 Q 479 399 479 350 L 479 314 Q 479 280 479 236 C 479 206 520 214 521 244 Q 522 284 524 321 L 526 363 Q 526 403 528 437 L 530 475 Z", "M 378 190 Q 387 190 399 191 Q 532 209 631 217 C 661 219 662 232 635 245 Q 596 267 533 247 Q 526 247 521 244 L 479 236 Q 425 229 376 219 C 347 213 348 189 378 190 Z", "M 366 144 Q 345 62 221 -4 Q 215 -4 169 -29 Q 156 -41 172 -42 Q 188 -46 214 -38 Q 296 -17 356 29 Q 393 56 426 77 Q 439 84 432 104 Q 404 150 380 156 Q 370 157 366 144 Z", "M 594 117 Q 652 62 720 -18 Q 738 -42 755 -47 Q 765 -48 773 -37 Q 788 -22 775 27 Q 760 94 596 152 Q 586 159 583 144 Q 582 129 594 117 Z" ] } 11 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation Sources × × Quick add: 漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》李学勤《字源》zi.toolsChinese Text 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