音 · yīn
sound, tone, pitch, pronunciation; Kangxi radical 180
Meanings & readings
Meaning & readings
sound, tone, pitch, pronunciation; Kangxi radical 180
- 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 音 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 1001 (0) · Educational Hanja (E)
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+97F3
- Radical
- 音 · 180
- Strokes
- 9 · Unihan
- Residual
- 0
Source record · Unihan 17.0. Individual senses and historical claims have not yet been reviewed by zimai.
Stroke order
9 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 音
Character connections
Component roles · attributed
- 言 sound component · CJKVI analysis
Source analysis · 言聲
Line 14091 · ⿻言一 · 言聲 · source reference 0580010
Source analyses, kept separate from modern IDS. CJKVI labels are not individually verified historical conclusions. Evidence & limits ↗
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History & distinctions
Related forms
No simplified/traditional variant property is retained for this record.
Historical readings
- Middle Chinese
- 'im · 於金 反切 · #1066
Guangyun-based transcriptions · PHONO-ML · CC BY 4.0. These describe historical reading categories, not modern word pronunciation.
Source row & reading categories
CSV line 8389 · 'im = 深開三平侵影
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
- sound, tone, pitch, pronunciation; Kangxi radical 180
- kTotalStrokes
- 9
- kRSUnicode
- 180.0
- kGradeLevel
- 1
- kTGH
- 2013:1632
Readings across dictionaries
- Hanyu Da Zidian
- yīn 74495.010
- Xiandai Hanyu · 1983
- yīn 1373.030
- Tongyong Guifan · 2013
- yīn 436.110
- Reading counts · XDHYPLCD
- yīn(639)
- Mandarin / Cantonese · SMSZD
- yīn粵jam1