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尹

尹 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. 正す。
  2. 治める。
  3. 官吏。官吏の長。
  4. 誠信。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

「聿」の分化字。象形で、手で筆を持つ形を象る。「ふで」を意味する漢語、｛聿｝を表す。のち仮借にて「おさ」を意味する漢語、｛尹｝を表す。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

an official rank

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • イン
Kun (native)
  • おさ
  • ただ(す)
Nanori (used in names)
  • ちか
Other languages
  • 拼音yin3
  • 한글yun
  • Hán-ViệtDuẫn

Basics

Strokes
4 strokes
Radical
屮(てつ)
JIS level
Level 2
Unicode
U+5C39

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): overlapping ⿻[1:]丿⺕

Words using this kanji

  • 尹いんdirector (of the ritsuryō-period Imperial Prosecuting and Investigating Office)

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Lookup codes

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