印

See also: EP and 抑

印	U+5370, 印 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5370

← 卯
[U+536F]

CJK Unified Ideographs

危 →
[U+5371]

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

印 (Kangxi radical 26, 卩+4 in traditional Chinese, 卩+3 in mainland China, 6 strokes in traditional Chinese, 5 strokes in mainland China, cangjie input 竹心尸中 (HPSL), four-corner 7772₀, composition ⿰𠀉卩(JK) or ⿻卬一(GHT))

Derived characters

𠈟, 𩬵, 𠲃, 𢬃, 𤥋, 茚, 𬗉, 𡊶, 𢂗, 𨒦, 鮣(䲟), 𣦫, 𬏥

References

KangXi: page 159, character 10
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2848
Dae Jaweon: page 363, character 16
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 312, character 2
Unihan data for U+5370

Chinese

trad.		印
simp. ^#		印

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 印
Shang	Western Zhou	Warring States	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Chu slip and silk script	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Characters in the same phonetic series (印) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
印	*qiŋs
鮣	*qiŋs

Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 爪 (“hand”) + 卩 (“kneeling person”) – a hand suppressing a kneeling person.

According to 羅振玉 in his book 《增訂殷墟書契考釋》(1915), the character is an ideogram of a hand suppressing a kneeling person. The character 抑 (to suppress) was used to preserve the original meaning.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): yìn (yin⁴)
(Zhuyin): ㄧㄣˋ
(Chengdu, SP): yin⁴
(Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): йин (yin, III)
Cantonese
(Guangzhou, Jyutping): jan³, ngan³
(Taishan, Wiktionary): yin¹
Gan (Wiktionary): in⁴
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): yin / yang
(Meixian, Guangdong): yin⁴
Jin (Wiktionary): ing³
Min Bei (KCR): e̿ng
Min Dong (BUC): éng
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): ìn
(Teochew, Peng'im): ing³
Wu (Wiktionary): in (T2)
Xiang (Wiktionary): in⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yìn
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄣˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yìn
  - Wade–Giles: yin⁴
  - Yale: yìn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yinn
  - Palladius: инь (inʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /in⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (印兒／印儿)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yìnr
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄣˋㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yìnr
  - Wade–Giles: yinrh⁴
  - Yale: yìnr
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yell
  - Palladius: иnр (inr)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /iə̯ɻ⁵¹/

Note:

yìnr - “mark; print; trace”.

- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: yin⁴
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: in
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /in²¹³/
- (Dungan)
  - Cyrillic and Wiktionary: йин (yin, III)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /iŋ⁴⁴/
  (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: jan³, ngan³
  - Yale: yan, ngan
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jan³, ngan³
  - Guangdong Romanization: yen³, ngen³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐn³³/, /ŋɐn³³/

Note: ngan3 - rare.

- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: yin¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jin³³/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: in⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /in³⁵/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yin / yang
  - Hakka Romanization System: in / iang
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yin⁴ / yang⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /in⁵⁵/, /i̯aŋ⁵⁵/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yin / yang
  - Hakka Romanization System: (r)in / (r)iang
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yin⁴ / yang⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /(j)in⁵⁵/, /(j)i̯aŋ⁵⁵/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: yin⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /in⁵³/

Note:

yin - literary;
yang - vernacular.

Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: ing³
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /ĩŋ⁴⁵/
Min Bei
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: e̿ng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /eiŋ³³/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: éng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɛiŋ²¹³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ìn
  - Tâi-lô: ìn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ixn
  - IPA (Xiamen): /in²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /in⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /in²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /in¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /in²¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: ing³
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ìng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /iŋ²¹³/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: in (T2)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɪɲ³⁴/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: in⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /in⁴⁵/

Middle Chinese: /ʔiɪn^H/

Rime
Character	印
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	眞 (43)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	於刃切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔiɪn^H/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔin^H/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔjen^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔin^H/
Li Rong	/ʔiĕn^H/
Wang Li	/ĭĕn^H/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʔi̯ĕn^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yìn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jan³

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[ʔ]iŋ-s/
(Zhengzhang): /*qiŋs/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	印
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yìn
Middle Chinese	‹ "jin^H ›
Old Chinese	/*[ʔ]iŋ-s/
English	seal
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	印
Reading #	1/1
No.	15322
Phonetic component	印
Rime group	眞
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	印
Old Chinese	/*qiŋs/

Definitions

印

stamp; seal
蓋印／盖印 ― gàiyìn ― to stamp
trace; mark; sign
腳印／脚印 ― jiǎoyìn ― footprint
烙印 ― làoyìn ― brand
to tally
心心相印 ― xīnxīnxiàngyìn ― to be of the same mind
(literally or figurative) to engrave
to print
這本書印了五萬冊。 [MSC, trad.]
这本书印了五万册。 [MSC, simp.]
Zhè běn shū yìn le wǔ wàn cè. [Pinyin]
50,000 copies of this book were printed.
a surname

Compounds

Derived terms from 印

三法印
付印 (fùyìn)
佛印
佩印
免冠解印
凸版印刷
凹版印刷 (āobǎn yìnshuā)
刊印 (kānyìn)
列印 (lièyìn)
初印本
刷印 (shuāyìn)
刻印 (kèyìn)
刻板印象 (kèbǎn yìnxiàng)
印串
印仔 (ìn-á)
印信 (yìnxìn)
印刷 (yìnshuā)
印刷品 (yìnshuāpǐn)
印匣
印可
印合
印囊
印堂 (yìntáng)
印子 (yìnzi)
印床 (yìnchuáng)
印把子 (yìnbàzi)
印文
印曹
印本 (yìnběn)
印材
印染 (yìnrǎn)
印模
印次 (yìncì)
印池
印油
印泥 (yìnní)
印版
印痕 (yìnhén)
印盒
印相
印相箱
印石
印窠
印章 (yìnzhāng)
印色 (yìnsè)
印花 (yìnhuā)
印花布
印行 (yìnxíng)
印象 (yìnxiàng)
印象派 (yìnxiàngpài)
印香
印鼻
堂印
大手印
套印
子母印
孔版印刷
官印
封印 (fēngyìn)
小印
平版印刷
彩印 (cǎiyìn)
影印 (yǐngyìn)
影印本 (yǐngyìnběn)
心印
心心相印 (xīnxīnxiāngyìn)
快印

戳印
手印 (shǒuyìn)
打印 (dǎyìn)
打印子
打金印
打香印
抽印
拇印
拓印 (tàyìn)
指印 (zhǐyìn)
捺印
掌印
排印 (páiyìn)
搭印
摘印
摹印
木刻水印
木版印刷
朱印本
水印 (shuǐyìn)
油印 (yóuyìn)
治印
法印
洗印
烙印 (làoyìn)
爪印
牌印 (páiyìn)
牙印子
用印
相印 (xiāngyìn)
相印法
石印
石印本
石版印刷
私印
符印
翻印 (fānyìn)
芙蓉月印
花押印
血印 (xuèyìn)
重印 (chóngyìn)
金印
雕版印刷 (diāobǎn yìnshuā)
香印
不准翻印
印台
金印如斗
列印機／列印机 (lièyìnjī)
刻版印書／刻版印书
印人傳／印人传
印像紙／印像纸
印光大師／印光大师
印刷廠／印刷厂 (yìnshuāchǎng)
印刷機／印刷机 (yìnshuājī)
印刷術／印刷术 (yìnshuāshù)
印刷電路／印刷电路
印刷體／印刷体 (yìnshuātǐ)
印子錢／印子钱 (yìnziqián)
印張／印张 (yìnzhāng)
印數／印数 (yìnshù)
印板兒／印板儿
印檢／印检
印璽／印玺 (yìnxǐ)
印發／印发 (yìnfā)
印相紙／印相纸
印章學／印章学

印紐／印纽
印結／印结
印綬／印绶 (yìnshòu)
印纍綬若／印累绶若
印臺／印台
印花稅／印花税 (yìnhuāshuì)
印花稅票／印花税票 (yìnhuā shuìpiào)
印表機／印表机 (yìnbiǎojī)
印製／印制 (yìnzhì)
印規／印规
印記／印记 (yìnjì)
印證／印证 (yìnzhèng)
印譜／印谱 (yìnpǔ)
印象主義／印象主义 (yìnxiàngzhǔyì)
印象批評／印象批评
印跡／印迹
印鈕／印钮
印鋪／印铺
印鑑／印鉴 (yìnjiàn)
印鑑鑑定／印鉴鉴定
印魚／印鱼
套印版畫／套印版画
將印／将印 (jiàngyìn)
影印機／影印机 (yǐngyìnjī)
打印臺／打印台
拿印把兒／拿印把儿
掛印懸牌／挂印悬牌
掛印而逃／挂印而逃
擴印／扩印 (kuòyìn)
放印子錢／放印子钱
沖印／冲印 (chōngyìn)
油印機／油印机 (yóuyìnjī)
漢印／汉印
烙鐵印兒／烙铁印儿
無印良品／无印良品
璽印文字／玺印文字
疊印／叠印
盜印／盗印
監印／监印
穿帶印／穿带印
立體印刷／立体印刷
納土獻印／纳土献印
結印／结印
絹印／绢印
編印／编印 (biānyìn)
縮印／缩印 (suōyìn)
脣印／唇印 (chúnyìn)
腳印／脚印 (jiǎoyìn)
膠印／胶印
膠版印刷／胶版印刷
蓋印／盖印 (gàiyìn)
複印／复印 (fùyìn)
複印品／复印品
複印機／复印机 (fùyìnjī)
試印券／试印券
轉印／转印
轉印紙／转印纸
鉛印／铅印 (qiānyìn)
銅印／铜印
鋼印／钢印 (gāngyìn)
鑑藏印／鉴藏印
鑑賞印／鉴赏印
開印／开印
面月印記／面月印记
飛鴻印雪／飞鸿印雪
鵲印／鹊印

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (印):

→ Japanese: 印(いん) (in)
→ Korean: 인(印) (in)
→ Vietnamese: ấn (印)

Others:

→ Vietnamese: in (印, “to print”)

Etymology 2

Transliteration character.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): yìn (yin⁴)
(Zhuyin): ㄧㄣˋ
(Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): йин (yin, III)
Cantonese
(Guangzhou, Jyutping): jan³
(Taishan, Wiktionary): yin¹
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): yin
(Meixian, Guangdong): yin⁴
Min Dong (BUC): éng
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): ìn
(Teochew, Peng'im): ing³
Wu (Wiktionary): in (T2)

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yìn
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄣˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yìn
  - Wade–Giles: yin⁴
  - Yale: yìn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yinn
  - Palladius: инь (inʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /in⁵¹/
- (Dungan)
  - Cyrillic and Wiktionary: йин (yin, III)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /iŋ⁴⁴/
  (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: jan³
  - Yale: yan
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jan³
  - Guangdong Romanization: yen³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐn³³/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: yin¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jin³³/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yin
  - Hakka Romanization System: in
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yin⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /in⁵⁵/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yin
  - Hakka Romanization System: (r)in
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yin⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /(j)in⁵⁵/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: yin⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /in⁵³/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: éng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɛiŋ²¹³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ìn
  - Tâi-lô: ìn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ixn
  - IPA (Xiamen): /in²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /in⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /in²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /in¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /in²¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: ing³
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ìng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /iŋ²¹³/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: in (T2)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɪɲ³⁴/

Definitions

印

Short for 印度 (Yìndù, “India”).
Short for 印度尼西亞／印度尼西亚 (Yìndùníxīyà, “Indonesia”).

Compounds

印加 (Yìnjiā)
印加人
印加文明
印地文 (yìndìwén)
印城
印尼 (Yìnní)
印尼人 (yìnnírén)
印尼文 (yìnníwén)
印巴裔
印度 (Yìndù)
印度人 (Yìndùrén)
印度支那 (Yìndù-Zhīnà)
印度教 (Yìndùjiào)
印度河 (Yìndù Hé)

印度法系
印度洋 (Yìndùyáng)
印度神油 (Yìndù shényóu)
印度豹
印支 (Yìn-Zhī)
印第安 (yìndì'ān)
印第安人 (yìndì'ānrén)
印第安那
西印度
北印度語／北印度语
印傭／印佣 (yìnyōng)
印加帝國／印加帝国
印地語／印地语 (yìndìyǔ)
印尼話／印尼话 (yìnníhuà)

印尼語／印尼语 (yìnníyǔ)
印度半島／印度半岛 (Yìndù Bàndǎo)
印度哲學／印度哲学
印度尼西亞／印度尼西亚 (Yìndùníxīyà)
印度綢／印度绸
印度薄餅／印度薄饼
印度黃檀／印度黄檀 (Yìndù huángtán)
印歐／印欧 (Yìn-Ōu)
印歐民族／印欧民族
印歐語系／印欧语系 (Yìn-Ōu yǔxì)
印第安納／印第安纳 (Yìndì'ānnà)
印第安納波利斯／印第安纳波利斯 (Yìndì'ānnàbōlìsī)
東印度／东印度 (Dōngyìndù)

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of 印 – see 抑 (“to press down; to keep down; to repress; to suppress; to restrain; to restrict; etc.”). (This character, 印, is a variant form of 抑.)

References

“印”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學／香港中文大学 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

印

(grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

Go-on: いん (in, Jōyō)
Kan-on: いん (in, Jōyō)
Kun: しるす (shirusu, 印す); しるし (shirushi, 印し); しるし (shirushi, 印, Jōyō)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
印
いん Grade: 4
on’yomi

From Middle Chinese 印 (MC ʔiɪn^H).

Pronunciation

On’yomi

(Tokyo) いん [íꜜǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
IPA^(key): [ĩɴ]

Affix

印(いん) • (in)

stamp, seal
trace, mark, sign
printing
Short for 印度 (Indo, “India”).

Derived terms

封(ふう)印(いん) (fūin): seal
印(いん)パ (inpa): India–Pakistan
中(ちゅう)印(いん) (chūin): China–India
日(にち)印(いん) (nichiin): Japan–India

Noun

印(いん) • (in)

stamp, seal
(Buddhism) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Derived terms

印(いん)する (insuru)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
印
しるし Grade: 4
kun’yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 印 – see the following entry.

【しるし】

[noun] mark, sign, indication, symbol

Alternative spellings
印, 標, 徴, 験

(This term, 印, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
印
かね Grade: 4
kun’yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 印 – see かね. (This term, 印, is an alternative spelling of the above terms.)

(The following entry is uncreated: かね.)

References

2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 印 (MC ʔiɪn^H).

Historical Readings
Dongguk Jeongun Reading
Dongguk Jeongun, 1448	ᅙᅵᆫ〮 (Yale: qín)
Middle Korean
Text	Eumhun
Text	*Gloss (hun)*	Reading
Hunmong Jahoe, 1527	인〮 (Yale: ín)	인〮 (Yale: ín)

Pronunciation

(SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [in]
Phonetic hangul: [인]

Hanja

Wikisource印 (eumhun 도장(圖章) 인 (dojang in))

Hanja form^? of 인 (“seal, stamp”). [noun]

Compounds

각인 (刻印, gagin)
관인 (官印, gwanin)
낙인 (烙印, nagin)
날인 (捺印, narin)
무인 (無印, mu'in)
봉인 (封印, bong'in)
영인 (影印, yeong'in)
인감 (印鑑, in'gam)
인니 (印尼, Inni)
인도 (印度, Indo)
인본 (印本, inbon)
인상 (印相, insang)
인상 (印象, insang)
인새 (印璽, insae)
인세 (印稅, inse)
인쇄 (印刷, inswae)
인신 (印信, insin)
인장 (印章, injang)
인지 (印紙, inji)
인화 (印畫, inhwa)
화인 (火印, hwain)

Proper noun

Hanja in this term
印

印 • (In) (hangeul 인)

(in news headlines) Short for 印(인)度(도) (Indo, “India”).

Usage notes

In news headlines, this is usually written solely in the hanja form, even in contemporary Korean text otherwise devoid of any hanja.

References

국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

Vietnamese

Han character

印: Hán Nôm readings: ấn, in, ắng

chữ Hán form of Ấn (“Clipping of Ấn Độ. (India or Indian)”).
chữ Hán form of ấn (“to print”).
chữ Hán form of in (“to print”).

[DJR-1] 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN