yín

county in Zhejiang province

Components

Sound component
jǐn, qín, jìn clay
Meaning component
hill, place

place

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangŋɡrɯn
ŋɡɯn

說文解字

會稽縣。从邑堇聲。

Sources

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