yīn

overcast (weather); cloudy

Character data

Radical ⾩ (170.8)
Strokes 10
SIMPLIFIED

Definitions

陰 yīn
  1. 1. overcast (weather)
  2. 2. cloudy
  3. 3. Yin (the negative principle of Yin and Yang)
  4. 4. shady
  5. 5. hidden
  6. 6. implicit
  7. 7. negative (electric.)
  8. 8. feminine
  9. 9. genitalia
  10. 10. surname Yin
  11. 11. moon
  12. 12. variant of yīn

Words containing 陰

Word Meaning
netherworld; Kingdom of the Underworld; Hades
feminine; soft; gentle and reserved
clitoris
a hard wood
gloomy; eerie; sinister
cathode; negative electrode (i.e. emitting electrons)
cathode ray tube
sinister; insidious
pubic hair
gloomy
dark (weather, mood)
shady
shady place
to meet with unexpected failure (idiom)
dark and moist
shameful secret
cave; (coll.) vagina
to laugh evilly
sex fluids
penis
condom
clitoris
deficiency of yin yīn in TCM
yin deficiency with excess internal heat
conspiracy; plot