yīn

to be dumb

Components

Meaning component
kǒu, kou mouth

mouth

Sound component
yīn sound

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangqɯːm
qrɯm
qrɯms

說文解字

宋齊謂兒泣不止曰喑。从口音聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica