喑 · yīn
to be dumb; the sobbing of infants
Meanings & readings
Meaning & readings
to be dumb; the sobbing of infants
- Mandarin
- yīn
- Cantonese
- jam1
Unihan definitions and selected character readings. Read the word to establish its pronunciation in context.
Readings in Japanese, Korean & Vietnamese
Readings recorded for 喑 in other language traditions. These are character-level records, not word translations or interchangeable pronunciations.
Japanese 日本語
Grouped by the source’s kana notation; no frequency ranking is implied.
On’yomi · katakana
Kun’yomi · hiragana
Katakana generally indicates on’yomi; hiragana generally indicates kun’yomi. The source does not identify everyday, rare, historical or name use per reading. Kana strings are preserved, including any written endings; consult a Japanese word entry for actual use.
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Korean 한국어
Hanja readings · Hangul
Source codes are separated below. They are neither sounds nor tones; a character reading alone does not specify a whole word’s pronunciation.
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Reading sources explained
- 음
- KS X 1002 (1) · Personal-name Hanja (N)
Vietnamese Tiếng Việt
Character readings · Quốc ngữ
Vietnamese readings associated with this Han character. This field alone does not establish word meanings, current usage, or a complete account of Hán-Nôm reading traditions.
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Form & structure
Writing & identity
- Unicode
- U+5591
- Radical
- 口 · 30
- Strokes
- 12 · Unihan
- Residual
- 9
Source record · Unihan 17.0. Individual senses and historical claims have not yet been reviewed by zimai.
Stroke order
12 strokesModern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.
Graphical structure
How to read these symbols
⿰ left–right · ⿱ above–below · ⿻ overlap. Dotted boxes indicate positions, not missing characters. Each symbol describes the components that follow it; nested symbols describe a component in more detail. Source codes identify alternative analyses, not a writing sequence or an etymology.
BabelStone IDS · 2025-06-27. Region tags are preserved; 〾 marks approximation and {n} identifies an unencoded source component. These describe graphical structure, not historical derivation.
Words & connections
Words using 喑
Character connections
No reverse component match in this collection.
Component roles · attributed
- 音 sound component · CJKVI analysis
Source analysis · 音聲
Line 14092 · ⿰口音 · 音聲 · source reference 0220200
Source analyses, kept separate from modern IDS. CJKVI labels are not individually verified historical conclusions. Evidence & limits ↗
History & distinctions
Related forms
No simplified/traditional variant property is retained for this record.
Historical readings
- Middle Chinese
- 'im · 於金 反切 · #1066
- Middle Chinese
- 'om · 烏含 反切 · #1075
- Middle Chinese
- 'imH · 於禁 反切 · #3091
Guangyun-based transcriptions · PHONO-ML · CC BY 4.0. These describe historical reading categories, not modern word pronunciation.
Source row & reading categories
CSV line 8393 · 'im = 深開三平侵影 · 'om = 咸開一平覃影 · 'imH = 深開三去侵影
Automatically generated in the source dataset; the authors checked a subset and acknowledge possible errors. All source readings are retained separately. Notation & method ↗
Sources & reference
Evidence & next depth
Retained Unihan properties
- kMandarin
- yīn
- kCantonese
- jam1
- kDefinition
- to be dumb; the sobbing of infants
- kTotalStrokes
- 12
- kRSUnicode
- 30.9
- kTGH
- 2013:5156
Readings across dictionaries
- Hanyu Da Zidian
- yīn,yǐn,yìn 10659.060
- Xiandai Hanyu · 1983
- yīn 1374.020
- Tongyong Guifan · 2013
- yīn 437.040
- Mandarin / Cantonese · SMSZD
- yīn粵jam1 yìn粵jam3
Reference desk
- Fanqie spellings
- 於金 烏含 於禁
- Kangxi positions
- 0198.180
- Guangyun positions
- 220.15 222.06 441.12
- GSR references
- 0653d
- Cangjie
- RYTA
- Four-corner
- 6006.1