Read Edit View history Discussion 阴 yīnyìnān HSK2 dark Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint The traditional characters 陰 (Yin) and 陽 (Yang) were simplified to 阴 and 阳. In Chinese philosophy, the moon (月) corresponds to Yin (阴) and the sun (日) corresponds to Yang (阳). Pinyin Separate values with commas yīn × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas 陰 × Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint 阝 is a component form of 阜. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 阴 Simp strokes 阴 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Simplified from the traditional 陰. Used here since the moon corresponds to the 'Yin' of 'Yin and Yang' in Chinese philosophy. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 阴 Simp strokes 阴 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 阴 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 245, 681 ], [ 266, 673 ], [ 337, 702 ], [ 372, 708 ], [ 381, 708 ], [ 396, 692 ], [ 385, 658 ], [ 355, 610 ], [ 338, 546 ], [ 342, 528 ], [ 401, 420 ], [ 408, 394 ], [ 401, 360 ], [ 397, 353 ], [ 370, 353 ], [ 288, 378 ] ], [ [ 171, 703 ], [ 210, 663 ], [ 216, 647 ], [ 218, 591 ], [ 211, 245 ], [ 186, 69 ], [ 187, 8 ] ], [ [ 512, 681 ], [ 542, 655 ], [ 552, 633 ], [ 553, 488 ], [ 539, 344 ], [ 525, 276 ], [ 489, 174 ], [ 453, 101 ], [ 407, 30 ] ], [ [ 580, 670 ], [ 591, 662 ], [ 608, 661 ], [ 739, 696 ], [ 758, 689 ], [ 786, 661 ], [ 783, 575 ], [ 797, 157 ], [ 793, 60 ], [ 776, 32 ], [ 657, 77 ] ], [ [ 578, 443 ], [ 593, 456 ], [ 643, 467 ], [ 685, 472 ], [ 708, 465 ] ], [ [ 551, 286 ], [ 569, 298 ], [ 652, 313 ], [ 681, 316 ], [ 715, 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