Chinese symbol for “shade”
荫
yīn
Traditional: 蔭
(bound form) shade (of a tree)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for shade is 荫 (yīn), defined as: (bound form) shade (of a tree).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “shade”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 浓淡 (濃淡) | nóng dàn | shade (of a color, i.e. light or dark) |
| 绿荫 (綠蔭) | lǜ yīn | the shade (of a tree) |
| 树阴 (樹陰) | shù yīn | shade (of a tree) |
| 遮住 | zhē zhù | to cover (up); to block |
| 罩 | zhào | to cover; to spread over; a cover; a shade; a hood |
Related words
Other words that share a character 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) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “shade”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.