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音

yīn

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yīn · jam1 (Jyutping)

  1. sound
  2. noise
  3. note (of musical scale)
  4. tone
  5. news
  6. syllable
  7. reading (phonetic value of a character)

Definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · snapshot 2026-10-09. Display: consolidated readings, linked characters and marked pinyin. Original data

Character breakdown

音

Meaning
sound, tone, pitch, pronunciation; Kangxi radical 180
Radical
音
Strokes
9
Components
⿱立日
Cangjie
YTA
Four-corner
0060.1

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