yìn

print

Pictograph of a kneeling person () being held down by a hand (). Based on the original meaning "restrain", now written as . The meaning later shifted to "push down", "stamp", and "print".

Components
爪 iconic component

  Iconic component

zhǎozhuǎ

  

hand, claw

卩 iconic component

  Iconic component

jié

  

person kneeling

Evolution

印 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
印 Bronze script Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)

Bronze script

Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
印 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
印 Clerical script Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)

Clerical script

Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)
印 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

yìn

print, seal, stamp, chop, mark; to print; to mark; to engrave; a seal; a print; a stamp; a mark; a trace; image

 

Yìn

surname Yin; abbr. for 印度[Yìn​dù]

Most common words with 印
Freq.
Word
Meaning

印象

impression

to print

印度

India

印第安

(American) Indian

印尼

Indonesia (abbr. for 印度尼西亞|印度尼西亚)

Component uses

Sound component in 2 characters (1 verified)