yǐn

walk

Derived from , which depicts a street intersection. The last stroke is lengthen to indicate the meaning "walk" or "long stride".

Evolution

廴 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
廴 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

yǐn

go; KangXi radical 54; "long stride" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 54), occurring in , , etc

Component uses

Meaning component in 2 characters (1 verified)