音 — Chinese character
音
yīn
sound, tone, pitch, pronunciation
- Pinyin
- yīn
- Radical
- 180 ⾳ (Sound)
- Strokes
- 9
- Components
- 立 日
- Formation
- ideographic — A tongue 立 forming a sound in the mouth 日
- Japanese
- 音 as a kanji
Common words with 音
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 音乐 (音樂) | yīn yuè | music; 张 (zhāng),曲 (qǔ),段 (duàn) |
| 声音 (聲音) | shēng yīn | sound; voice |
| 语音 (語音) | yǔ yīn | speech sounds; pronunciation |
| 录音 (錄音) | lù yīn | to record sound; an audio recording (CL:段 (duàn)) |
| 影音 | yǐng yīn | (Tw) audio and video; audiovisual |
| 音乐会 (音樂會) | yīn yuè huì | concert; 场 (chǎng) |
| 波音 | bō yīn | mordent (music) |
| 发音 (發音) | fā yīn | to pronounce; pronunciation |
| 音乐家 (音樂家) | yīn yuè jiā | musician |
| 噪音 | zào yīn | rumble; noise |
| 福音 | fú yīn | good news; glad tidings |
| 口音 | kǒu yīn | (linguistics) oral speech sounds |
English words written with 音
音 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Tao Te Ching 3 · I Ching 2 · Mencius 10 · Zhuangzi 16
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 2
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 12
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 41
- Hexagram 61
- Hexagram 62
- Mencius 1A.7
- Mencius 1B.1
- Mencius 4A.1
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