胤
yìn

descendant

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A small 幺 child ⺼ leaving the womb 儿

Components

儿
儿 Meaning component
幺
幺 Meaning component
⺼
⺼ Meaning component

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Qin 221-206 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Qin 221-206 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartyinH[ɢ]ə[n]-s descendants

說文解字

《說文》：“胤，子孫相承續也。从肉，从八，象其長也；从幺，象重累也。，古文胤。”

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)