How to write 音
Animated Stroke Order of 音
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Meaning of 音
Pinyin
yīn
Radical
音
Strokes
9
Definition
sound / noise / news
Usage
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音 [yīn]
名词
1. 声，亦特指有节奏的声。
(Sound; also specifically refers to rhythmic sound.)
2. 信息，消息。
(Information; news.)
3. 同本义 (sound; voice)
- 同本义：声音。
(Same original meaning: voice.)
4. 音乐 (music tone)
- 音乐：如音律、音调。
(Music: such as musical rhythm, pitch.)
5. 泛指语言、消息、讯息等 (news; message; information)
- 泛指：信息、消息。
(General reference: information, news.)
6. 字的音读 (pronunciation)
- 例：字音的发音。
(Example: pronunciation of characters.)
引自：
- 《说文》：音，声也。生于心，有节于外。谓之音。
(From "Shuowen": Sound is voice. It is born from the heart and has rhythm externally; this is called sound.)
- 《白虎通·礼乐》：八音。一说笙、祝、鼓、箫、琴、埙、钟、磬也。
(From "Baihu Tong": Eight sounds. Some say they are Sheng, Zhu, Gu, Xiao, Qin, Xun, Zhong, and Qing.)
- 《礼记·乐记》：凡音之起，由人心生也。声成文，谓之音。
(From "Liji": The rise of sound comes from the heart of man. When sound forms writing, it is called音.)
- 《庄子》：鸡狗之音相闻。
(From "Zhuangzi": The sound of chickens and dogs is mutually heard.)
例：
- 音强（指声音的强弱。也叫响度或音势。音的强弱，因发音体振动时之振幅大小而异，振幅大者则音强，振幅小者则音弱）。
(Sound strength: refers to the intensity of a sound, also called loudness or sound momentum. The strength of sound varies with the amplitude of vibration when speaking.)
- 音韵（指“汉”字字音中的声、韵、调）。
(Phonetic features: refers to the tones, rhymes, and pitches in the pronunciation of Chinese characters.)
音 [yīn]
名词
1. 树荫。
(Shade of trees.)
- 例：鹿死不择音，小国之事大国也。
(Example: "When a deer dies, it does not choose shade; matters of small countries pertain to great countries.")
sound / acoustics / audio / hi-fi system / stereo sound system / abbr. for 組合音響|组合音响[zu3 he2 yin1 xiang3]
loudspeaker box / speaker (audio equipment) / resonating chamber of a musical instrument / sound box
The music lingered in the air long after the performance ended. / The enchanting notes persist long after the musicians bowed out. / The dying sounds are carried far.
transliteration (rendering phonetic value, e.g. of English words in Chinese characters) / characters giving phonetic value of Chinese word or name (when the correct characters may be unknown) / transcription (linguistics) / to transcribe phonetic symbols
speech sounds / pronunciation / colloquial (rather than literary) pronunciation of a Chinese character / phonetic / audio / voice / (Internet) to voice chat / voice message
music / rhyme and rhythm / initial, 音[yin1], and final and tone, 韻|韵[yun4], of a Chinese character / phoneme
Same Pronunciation Characters
Same Radical Characters
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Input Method for 音
Pinyin
yin1
Wubi
ujf
Cangjie
yta
Zhengma
suk
Four Corner
00601
Unicode
U+97f3
Stroke Number Category
HSK Level Category