荫 — Chinese character
荫
yīn
shade, shelter; to protect
- Pinyin
- yīn
- Radical
- 140 ⾋ (Grass)
- Strokes
- 9
- Components
- 艹 阴
- Formation
- ideographic — Shade 阴 provided by a tree 艹; 阴 also provides the pronunciation
- Traditional
- 蔭
Common words with 荫
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 绿荫 (綠蔭) | lǜ yīn | the shade (of a tree) |
| 树荫 (樹蔭) | shù yīn | shade of a tree; Taiwan pr. [shu4yin4] |
| 林荫道 (林蔭道) | lín yīn dào | boulevard; avenue |
| 遮荫 (遮蔭) | zhē yīn | to provide shade; Taiwan pr. [zhe1yin4] |
| 绿树成荫 (綠樹成蔭) | lǜ shù chéng yīn | (idiom) (of an area) to have trees with shade-giving foliage; (of a road) to be tree-lined |
| 林荫大道 (林蔭大道) | lín yīn dà dào | variant of 林阴大道 (lín yīn dà dào) |
| 荫蔽 (蔭蔽) | yìn bì | to be shaded or concealed by foliage; to conceal |
| 庇荫 (庇蔭) | bì yìn | to give shade (of a tree etc); to shield |
| 荫凉 (蔭涼) | yìn liáng | shady and cool |
| 冬荫功 (冬蔭功) | dōng yīn gōng | (loanword) tom yum goong (Thai soup) |
| 冬荫 (冬蔭) | dōng yīn | (loanword) tom yum (Thai soup) |
| 封妻荫子 (封妻蔭子) | fēng qī yìn zǐ | (idiom) to bestow a title on the wife of a deserving official and make his son heir to his titles |
English words written with 荫
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.