Wiktionary

印

See also: EP and 抑
印 U+5370, 印
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5370
← 卯
[U+536F] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 危 →
[U+5371]
㊞ U+329E, ㊞
CIRCLED IDEOGRAPH PRINT
← ㊝
[U+329D] 		Enclosed CJK Letters and Months ㊟ →
[U+329F]

Translingual edit

Stroke order
 

Han character edit

印 (Kangxi radical 26, 卩+4 in traditional Chinese, 卩+3 in mainland China, 6 strokes in traditional Chinese, 5 strokes in mainland China, cangjie input 竹心尸中 (HPSL), four-corner 77720, composition ⿰𠀉卩(JK) or ⿻卬一(GHT))

Derived characters edit

References edit

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 159, character 10
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2848
  • Dae Jaweon: page 363, character 16
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 312, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+5370

Chinese edit

trad. 印
simp. # 印

Glyph origin edit

Historical forms of the character 印
Shang Western Zhou Warring States Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Chu slip and silk script Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
         
Characters in the same phonetic series (印) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
印 *qiŋs
鮣 *qiŋs

Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 爪 (“hand”) + 卩 (“kneeling person”) – a hand suppressing a kneeling person.

According to 羅振玉 in his book 《增訂殷墟書契考釋》(1915), the character is an ideogram of a hand suppressing a kneeling person. The character 抑 (yì) (to suppress) was used to preserve the original meaning.

Etymology 1 edit

Pronunciation edit

Note:
  • yìnr - “mark; print; trace”.
Note: ngan3 - rare.
Note:
  • yin - literary;
  • yang - vernacular.
Rime
Character 印
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 影 (34)
Final (韻) 眞 (43)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 於刃切
Baxter 'jinH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ʔiɪnH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ʔinH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ʔjenH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ʔinH/
Li
Rong 		/ʔiĕnH/
Wang
Li 		/ĭĕnH/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/ʔi̯ĕnH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		yìn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		jan3
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 印
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		yìn
Middle
Chinese 		‹ "jinH ›
Old
Chinese 		/*[ʔ]iŋ-s/
English seal

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 印
Reading # 1/1
No. 15322
Phonetic
component 		印
Rime
group 		眞
Rime
subdivision 		2
Corresponding
MC rime 		印
Old
Chinese 		/*qiŋs/

Definitions edit

印

  1. stamp; seal
    蓋印／盖印  ―  gàiyìn  ―  to stamp
  2. trace; mark; sign
    腳印／脚印  ―  jiǎoyìn  ―  footprint
    烙印  ―  làoyìn  ―  brand
  3. to tally
    心心相印  ―  xīnxīnxiàngyìn  ―  to be of the same mind
  4. (literal or figurative) to engrave
  5. to print
    這本書印了五萬冊。 [MSC, trad.]
    这本书印了五万册。 [MSC, simp.]
    Zhè běn shū yìn le wǔ wàn cè. [Pinyin]
    50,000 copies of this book were printed.
  6. A unit of measuring wok sizes.
  7. a surname
See also edit

Compounds edit

Descendants edit

Sino-Xenic (印):
  • → Japanese: 印(いん) (in)
  • → Korean: 인(印) (in)
  • → Vietnamese: ấn (印)

Others:

  • → Vietnamese: in (印, “to print”)

Etymology 2 edit

Transliteration character.

Pronunciation edit

Definitions edit

印

  1. Short for 印度 (Yìndù, “India”).
  2. Short for 印度尼西亞／印度尼西亚 (Yìndùníxīyà, “Indonesia”).

Compounds edit

Etymology 3 edit

For pronunciation and definitions of 印 – see 抑 (“to press down; to keep down; to repress; to suppress; to restrain; to restrict; etc.”).
(This character is a variant form of 抑).

References edit

Japanese edit

Kanji edit

印

(grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji)

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Readings edit

Compounds edit

Etymology 1 edit

Kanji in this term
印
いん
Grade: 4
on’yomi

From Middle Chinese 印 (MC 'jinH).

Pronunciation edit

Affix edit

印(いん) • (in) 

  1. stamp, seal
  2. trace, mark, sign
  3. printing
  4. Short for 印度 (Indo, “India”).
Derived terms edit
Derived terms

(India):

Noun edit

印(いん) • (in) 

  1. stamp, seal
  2. (Buddhism) mudra; symbolic hand gesture
    Synonym: 印相 (inzō)
Derived terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

Kanji in this term
印
しるし
Grade: 4
kun’yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 印 – see the following entry.
【しるし】
[noun] mark, sign, indication, symbol
Alternative spellings
標, 徴, 験
(This term, 印, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Derived terms edit

Etymology 3 edit

Kanji in this term
印
かね
Grade: 4
kun’yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 印 – see the following entry: かね

(The following entry is uncreated: かね.)

References edit

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Chinese 印 (MC 'jinH).

Historical Readings
Dongguk Jeongun Reading
Dongguk Jeongun, 1448 ᅙᅵᆫ〮 (Yale: qín)
Middle Korean
Text Eumhun
Gloss (hun) Reading
Hunmong Jahoe, 1527[2] 인〮 (Yale: ín) 인〮 (Yale: ín)

Pronunciation edit

Hanja edit

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

Wikisource

印 (eumhun 도장(圖章) 인 (dojang in))

  1. Hanja form? of 인 (“seal, stamp”). [noun]

Compounds edit

Compounds

Proper noun edit

Hanja in this term
印

印 • (In) (hangeul 인)

  1. (in news headlines) Short for 印(인)度(도) (Indo, “India”).

Usage notes edit

In news headlines, this is usually written solely in the hanja form, even in contemporary Korean text otherwise devoid of any hanja.

References edit

  • 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [3]

Tày edit

Noun edit

印 (ấn)

  1. Nôm form of ấn (“seal”).
    印三宝谷師 ― ấn tam bảo cốc say ― seal of the Three Jewels, head of all monks

References edit

  • Lục Văn Pảo, Hoàng Tuấn Nam (2003) Hoàng Triều Ân, editor, Từ điển chữ Nôm Tày [A Dictionary of (chữ) Nôm Tày]‎[4] (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Khoa học Xã hội

Vietnamese edit

Han character edit

印: Hán Nôm readings: ấn, in, ắng

  1. chữ Hán form of Ấn (“Clipping of Ấn Độ. (India or Indian)”).
  2. chữ Hán form of ấn (“to print”).
  3. chữ Hán form of in (“to print”).
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