寅 — Chinese character
寅
yín
to respect, to revere; respectfully; 3rd terrestrial branch
- Pinyin
- yín
- Radical
- 40 ⼧ (Roof)
- Strokes
- 11
- Components
- 宀 一 由 八
- Japanese
- 寅 as a kanji
Common words with 寅
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 寅时 (寅時) | yín shí | 3-5 am (in the system of two-hour subdivisions used in former times) |
| 寅吃卯粮 (寅吃卯糧) | yín chī mǎo liáng | lit. eating away next year's food in advance; fig. to dip into the next month's check |
| 戊寅 | wù yín | fifteenth year E3 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1998 or 2058 |
| 甲寅 | jiǎ yín | 51st year A3 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1974 or 2034 |
| 丙寅 | bǐng yín | third year C3 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1986 or 2046 |
| 壬寅 | rén yín | thirty-ninth year I3 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1962 or 2022 |
| 庚寅 | gēng yín | twenty-seventh year G3 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2010 or 2070 |
| 寅虎 | yín hǔ | Year 3, year of the Tiger (e.g. 2010) |
| 子丑寅卯 | zǐ chǒu yín mǎo | (idiom) a full and coherent account of a matter; the complete facts of the case; the whole story |
| 寅支卯粮 (寅支卯糧) | yín zhī mǎo liáng | see 寅吃卯粮 (yín chī mǎo liáng) |
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