寅
3rd earthly branch: 3-5 a.m., 1st solar month (4th February-5th March), year of the Tiger; ancient Chinese compass point: 60°
11 strokes
Dict coverage rank #2,940 U+5BC5
How 寅 is formed
How to remember it
sign of the tiger · Heisig RSH #1465
house + ceiling + sprout + animal legs
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Characters built with 寅 as their sound component
These characters all use 寅 (yín) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 寅 sound component | yín | to respect, to revere; respectfully; 3rd terrestrial branch |
| 演 | yǎn | to perform, to act, to put on a play |
| 夤 | yín | late at night; distant, remote; deep |
Words containing 寅
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 文在寅 | Wén Zài yín | Moon Jae-in (1953-), Korean politician and human rights lawyer, president of Korea from 20… |
| 寅时 | yín shí | 3-5 am (in the system of two-hour subdivisions used in former times) |
| 子丑寅卯 | zǐ chǒu yín mǎo | (idiom) a full and coherent account of a matter; the complete facts of the case; the whole… |
| 甲寅 | jiǎ yín | 51st year A3 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1974 or 2034 |
| 寅虎 | yín hǔ | Year 3, year of the Tiger (e.g. 2010) |
| 寅吃卯粮 | yín chī mǎo liáng | lit. eating away next year's food in advance; fig. to dip into the next month's check; liv… |
| 寅支卯粮 | yín zhī mǎo liáng | see 寅吃卯糧|寅吃卯粮[yin2 chi1 mao3 liang2] |
| 唐寅 | Táng Yín | Tang Bohu 唐伯虎 or Tang Yin (1470-1523), Ming painter and poet, one of Four great southern t… |
| 丙寅 | bǐng yín | third year C3 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1986 or 2046 |
| 戊寅 | wù yín | fifteenth year E3 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1998 or 2058 |
| 庚寅 | gēng yín | twenty-seventh year G3 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2010 or 2070 |
| 壬寅 | rén yín | thirty-ninth year I3 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1962 or 2022 |