Read Edit View history Discussion 殷 yīnyānyǐn HSK7 late Shang dynasty, many Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Depicts a person with a swollen abdomen (㐆) receiving an acupuncture from a hand holding a needle (殳). Based on the original meaning "intense pain from an illness". The meaning later shifted to "abundant" and "many" while it's other meaning used as the name of a dynasty at the end of the Shang dynasty is a phonetic loan. Pinyin Separate values with commas yīn ×yǐn ×yān × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Depicts a person with a swollen abdomen. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 殷 Simp strokes 殷 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Depicts a hand holding a needle. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 殷 Simp strokes 殷 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 殷 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 320, 829 ], [ 347, 796 ], [ 244, 657 ] ], [ [ 193, 659 ], [ 218, 640 ], [ 228, 625 ], [ 230, 606 ], [ 224, 440 ], [ 212, 358 ], [ 193, 275 ], [ 156, 179 ], [ 115, 107 ], [ 83, 65 ] ], [ [ 266, 622 ], [ 273, 636 ], [ 301, 647 ], [ 388, 665 ], [ 429, 665 ], [ 453, 648 ], [ 459, 639 ], [ 430, 508 ], [ 407, 437 ], [ 411, 418 ] ], [ [ 260, 519 ], [ 269, 532 ], [ 301, 541 ], [ 341, 548 ], [ 361, 544 ] ], [ [ 250, 413 ], [ 260, 423 ], [ 360, 444 ], [ 374, 452 ] ], [ [ 230, 293 ], [ 359, 331 ], [ 390, 331 ], [ 410, 314 ], [ 388, 179 ], [ 372, 127 ], [ 351, 89 ], [ 327, 67 ], [ 291, 85 ], [ 261, 110 ] ], [ [ 543, 708 ], [ 572, 690 ], [ 579, 673 ], [ 575, 580 ], [ 563, 542 ], [ 540, 503 ], [ 484, 453 ] ], [ [ 599, 707 ], [ 620, 699 ], [ 701, 728 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369 550 Q 359 560 338 563 Q 311 566 255 540 C 228 527 224 507 253 513 Z", "M 244 408 Q 248 408 256 409 Q 322 422 376 431 C 406 436 411 445 383 456 Q 377 459 369 460 Q 348 461 247 431 C 218 422 214 407 244 408 Z", "M 218 288 Q 219 288 220 288 Q 238 276 266 285 Q 368 319 373 309 Q 382 296 376 260 Q 363 164 339 122 Q 323 97 301 101 Q 277 110 257 120 Q 236 129 250 107 Q 287 65 305 34 Q 321 15 339 30 Q 390 67 415 184 Q 430 289 447 308 Q 457 318 452 328 Q 445 338 399 357 Q 386 363 342 343 Q 284 328 225 313 C 196 306 190 298 218 288 Z", "M 591 710 Q 557 728 538 718 Q 528 712 534 701 Q 558 673 553 594 Q 547 519 477 457 Q 467 447 478 447 Q 517 453 558 499 Q 604 557 605 626 Q 605 659 611 678 C 616 698 616 698 591 710 Z", "M 611 678 Q 686 708 691 707 Q 698 704 698 691 Q 685 556 692 532 Q 699 507 721 492 Q 754 474 817 476 Q 878 479 911 497 Q 924 501 916 517 Q 901 535 884 544 Q 872 550 850 540 Q 816 524 773 524 Q 745 525 737 544 Q 725 565 736 624 Q 740 661 775 698 Q 791 713 775 726 Q 753 745 727 756 Q 717 760 700 751 Q 640 724 591 710 C 562 701 583 667 611 678 Z", "M 688 187 Q 722 244 754 331 Q 767 361 786 379 Q 805 395 791 408 Q 778 420 747 431 Q 723 438 696 424 Q 671 414 634 403 Q 598 393 539 385 Q 526 384 521 378 Q 517 371 535 363 Q 571 350 619 363 Q 668 382 678 382 Q 703 379 696 353 Q 680 275 649 220 L 626 184 Q 560 109 448 72 Q 435 66 446 59 Q 452 55 491 57 Q 579 66 657 146 L 688 187 Z", "M 657 146 Q 754 38 784 33 Q 904 33 942 38 Q 976 42 974 51 Q 971 58 884 86 Q 752 134 690 185 Q 689 186 688 187 L 649 220 Q 618 251 584 286 Q 550 323 517 324 Q 501 325 497 320 Q 496 314 509 303 Q 548 278 626 184 L 657 146 Z" ] } 10 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation Sources × Quick add: 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