阴

See also: 陰, 隂, and 侌

阴 U+9634, 阴 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9634 ← 阳 [U+9633] CJK Unified Ideographs 阵 → [U+9635]

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

阴 (radical 170, 阜+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 弓中月 (NLB), four-corner 7722₀, composition ⿰⻖月)

Derived characters

• 𫷮, 荫

Related characters

• 陰 (Traditional form of 阴)

References

• KangXi: page 1347, character 8
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 41579
• Dae Jaweon: page 1849, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4117, character 14
• Unihan data for U+9634

---

Chinese

Glyph origin

An unorthodox variant simplified from 陰 (侌 → 月) which can be found in various historical dictionaries such as the Kangxi dictionary.

Eventually adopted as an official simplified character by the People's Republic of China in 1956.

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 阴 – see 陰 (“cloudy; overcast; dark; etc.”). (This character, 阴, is the simplified and variant form of 陰.)

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A04425-006#35

---

Japanese

Kanji

阴

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. Alternative form of 陰

Readings

• Go-on: おん (on)
• Kan-on: いん (in)
• Kun: かげ (kage, 阴); かげる (kageru, 阴る); くらい (kurai, 阴い); ほと (hoto, 阴)

References

• Family Register Unified Characters (戸籍統一文字) 471620