喑 — Chinese character
喑
yīn
dumb, mute; the sobbing of an infant
- Pinyin
- yīn
- Radical
- 30 ⼝ (Mouth)
- Strokes
- 12
- Components
- 口 音
- Formation
- pictophonetic — mouth; meaning component 口; sound component 音
Common words with 喑
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 喑哑 (喑啞) | yīn yǎ | hoarse; raspy |
| 万马齐喑 (萬馬齊喑) | wàn mǎ qí yīn | thousands of horses, all mute (idiom); no-one dares to speak out; an atmosphere of political oppression |
喑 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Zhuangzi 1
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.