印

See also: EP and 抑
印 U+5370, 印
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5370
← 卯
[U+536F] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 危 →
[U+5371]

Translingual
Stroke order

Han character

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
  • 𠈟, 𩬵, 𠲃, 𢬃, 𤥋, 茚, 𬗉, 𡊶, 𢂗, 𨒦, 鮣(䲟), 𣦫, 𬏥

References
  • KangXi: 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
trad. 印
simp. # 印

Glyph origin
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 (to suppress) was used to preserve the original meaning.

Pronunciation

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
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

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. (literally 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 surname
See also

Compounds
Derived terms from 印

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

Others:

  • → Vietnamese: in (印, “to print”)

Etymology 2

Transliteration character.

Pronunciation

Definitions

印

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

Compounds

Etymology 3
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, 印, is a variant form of 抑.)

References

Japanese

Kanji
印

(grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

Etymology 1
Kanji in this term
印
いん
Grade: 4
on’yomi

From Middle Chinese 印 (MC ʔiɪnH).

Pronunciation

Affix

印(いん) • (in) 

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

Noun

印(いん) • (in) 

  1. stamp, seal
  2. (Buddhism) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
Derived terms
  • 印(いん)する (insuru)

Etymology 2
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
印, 標, 徴, 験
(This term, 印, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Etymology 3
Kanji in this term
印
かね
Grade: 4
kun’yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 印 – see かね.
(This term, 印, is an alternative spelling of the above terms.)

(The following entry is uncreated: かね.)

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 印 (MC ʔiɪnH).

Historical Readings
Dongguk Jeongun Reading
Dongguk Jeongun, 1448ᅙᅵᆫ〮 (Yale: qín)
Middle Korean
TextEumhun
Gloss (hun)Reading
Hunmong Jahoe, 1527인〮 (Yale: ín)인〮 (Yale: ín)

Pronunciation

Hanja

Wikisource 印 (eumhun 도장(圖章) 인 (dojang in))

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

Compounds
Compounds

Proper noun
Hanja in this term
印

印 • (In) (hangeul 인)

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

Usage notes

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

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

Vietnamese

Han character

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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