殷
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flourishing; abundant; earnest; hospitable
10 strokes
Dict coverage rank #2,498 U+6BB7
How 殷 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
A midwife 殳 to helping a pregnant woman 㐆; 㐆 also provides the pronunciation
components: 㐆 殳
How to remember it
ardent · Heisig RSH #2817
drag + 白 white + clothes hanger + missile
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words containing 殷
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 无事献殷勤，非奸即盗 | wú shì xiàn yīn qín , fēi jiān jí dào | one who is unaccountably solicitous is hiding evil intentions (idiom) |
| 殷都区 | Yīn dū Qū | Yindu, a district of Anyang City 安陽市|安阳市[An1 yang2 Shi4], Henan |
| 殷红 | yān hóng | dark red |
| 殷实 | yīn shí | thriving; well-off; substantial |
| 殷商 | Yīn shāng | final name of the Shang dynasty after their move to Yinxu 殷墟 in modern Henan province |
| 殷忧启圣 | yīn yōu qǐ shèng | deep suffering can lead to enlightenment (idiom); storms make oaks take deeper root |
| 殷切 | yīn qiè | ardent; eager; earnest |
| 殷都 | Yīn dū | see 殷都區|殷都区[Yin1 du1 Qu1] |
| 殷富 | yīn fù | well off; prosperous |
| 孔殷 | kǒng yīn | urgent; numerous |
| 红殷殷 | hóng yān yān | dark red; crimson; also pr. [hong2 yin1 yin1] |
| 献殷勤 | xiàn yīn qín | to be particularly attentive to (an attractive young lady or man etc); to fawn upon (an in… |
| 殷勤 | yīn qín | politely; solicitously; eagerly attentive |
| 殷殷 | yīn yīn | earnest; ardent (hope etc) |
| 殷弘绪 | Yīn Hóng xù | François Xavier d'Entrecolles (1664-1741), French Jesuit missionary to Kangxi court |
| 殷墟 | Yīn xū | Yinxu, ruins of Yinshang 殷商 city at Anyang 安陽|安阳 in Henan province, a World Heritage site |