音

yīn

yīnspelled as in · 1st tone — spelling rules

sound · noise

Radical: 音 Strokes: 9

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Character Decomposition

音=立+日

Etymology

A tongue 立 forming a sound in the mouth 日

Meanings

sound

noise

note (of musical scale)

tone

news

syllable

reading (phonetic value of a character)

yīn

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Words with 音 698 total

vibrato (of stringed instrument) · trill (in phonetics)颤音chàn yīn bass低音dī yīn soundproofing隔音gé yīn nasal sound鼻音bí yīn ancient (esp. pre-Qin) pronunciation of a Chinese character · classical speech sounds古音gǔ yīn good news · glad tidings · gospel福音fú yīn backup vocal (music) · (phonetic) contraction合音hé yīn good news佳音jiā yīn modern (i.e. not ancient) pronunciation of a Chinese character今音jīn yīn quiet · silent · mute静音jìng yīn (linguistics) oral speech sounds口音kǒu yīn lateral consonant (phonetics)边音biān yīn

Idioms with 音 59 total Chain

(lit.) the sound of footsteps in a deserted valley (idiom) · (fig.) sth hard to come by; sth wonderful and rare空谷足音kōng gǔ zú yīn a stricken deer has no time to select its retreat - a man hard pressed cannot be particular about whom to follow鹿死不择音lù sǐ bù zé yīn

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