yìn

cautious

Evolution

憖 Seal script Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal script

Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
憖 Seal script Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal script

Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
憖 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

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

Clerical script

Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)
Definitions

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yìn

cautious; willing; but, moreover; injured; moreover; preferably

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Miscellaneous

Strokes

16

Simplified

Unicode

U+6196

Shuowen

“憖,問也;謹敬也。从心,猌聲。一曰說也。一曰甘也。《春秋傳》曰:‘昊天不猌。’又曰:‘兩君之士皆未憖。’”


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