Read Edit View history Discussion 音 yīnyìn HSK2 sound Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Originally the same as 言 (speech) but with an extra line added in the mouth (口) to distinguish the two characters. Pinyin Separate values with commas yīn × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Depicts a tongue sticking out of the mouth. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 音 Simp strokes 音 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Mark to distinguish 音 from 言. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 音 Simp strokes 音 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 音 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 453, 837 ], [ 531, 793 ], [ 555, 760 ] ], [ [ 312, 651 ], [ 347, 642 ], [ 396, 644 ], [ 643, 689 ], [ 695, 697 ], [ 727, 695 ] ], [ [ 358, 570 ], [ 404, 515 ], [ 414, 490 ] ], [ [ 597, 649 ], [ 622, 624 ], [ 562, 487 ], [ 542, 470 ] ], [ [ 118, 406 ], [ 180, 396 ], [ 448, 438 ], [ 816, 477 ], [ 892, 471 ], [ 925, 459 ] ], [ [ 336, 334 ], [ 364, 313 ], [ 374, 258 ], [ 375, 181 ], [ 356, 22 ], [ 358, -13 ] ], [ [ 395, 327 ], [ 412, 315 ], [ 597, 356 ], [ 624, 341 ], [ 643, 321 ], [ 644, 48 ], [ 631, -1 ], [ 632, -59 ] ], [ [ 401, 166 ], [ 413, 177 ], [ 508, 195 ], [ 554, 190 ] ], [ [ 386, 7 ], [ 412, 22 ], [ 549, 39 ], [ 586, 38 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M 477 795 Q 502 776 527 752 Q 542 740 558 742 Q 568 743 573 756 Q 577 772 566 801 Q 554 831 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32 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M477,795C493,783 509,768 527,752C536,744 547,741 558,742C564,743 570,748 573,756C576,767 573,782 566,801C558,822 525,835 470,843C459,845 451,846 448,843C444,841 443,835 445,826C446,819 458,810 477,795Z", "M636,659C666,665 706,667 733,683C739,687 742,695 739,700C734,710 721,716 702,721C683,726 639,715 566,697C470,675 387,666 320,661C295,660 289,650 308,638C336,619 370,616 407,622C465,633 526,641 589,651C620,656 620,656 636,659Z", "M357,544C375,510 390,484 407,474C412,471 421,472 428,478C433,484 437,493 437,500C436,526 413,549 375,572C366,577 360,579 354,578C351,578 349,575 349,568C348,562 351,555 357,544Z", "M570,471C607,540 630,585 654,613C661,622 663,629 660,635C654,643 647,651 636,659C623,669 586,667 589,651C595,604 555,521 537,466C533,456 565,461 570,471Z", "M537,466C488,459 243,430 122,416C106,415 102,408 116,395C138,373 165,365 192,372C360,418 599,442 912,442C926,443 935,446 939,452C943,461 939,471 927,480C883,513 841,518 800,509C763,502 625,480 570,471C548,468 548,468 537,466Z", "M385,329C366,344 346,347 335,344C326,343 323,337 328,328C357,273 355,186 338,87C330,42 324,12 347,-16C352,-23 357,-27 364,-23C369,-18 375,-10 381,3C385,14 387,25 389,35C393,71 396,99 396,159C396,178 396,178 396,188C396,245 397,281 399,296C401,308 395,322 385,329Z", "M589,16C591,-5 598,-31 612,-55C636,-97 657,-61 667,-38C677,-12 682,29 680,46C675,97 670,170 667,261C666,283 671,300 682,314C688,323 688,331 682,337C669,350 646,365 612,380C599,387 589,386 579,380C535,360 470,343 385,329C373,327 387,294 399,296C493,315 553,326 578,329C586,330 593,331 599,325C616,310 621,224 609,73C608,61 605,41 598,37C593,31 588,23 589,16Z", "M396,159C407,155 478,169 550,178C566,181 570,188 565,196C558,208 544,214 527,216C507,219 465,210 396,188C387,184 387,161 396,159Z", "M381,3C393,0 404,7 589,16C597,16 603,32 598,37C550,79 552,54 389,35C378,33 370,5 381,3Z" ] } 9 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add 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