漢字Kanji · in Tools & Weapons
印: stamp, seal
Also: mark, imprint, symbol, emblem, trademark, evidence, souvenir, India
丨 and 卩 carry the meaning · 丿 is drawn in
Oracle bone · Shang Today
Oracle bone: Wikimedia Commons, public domain. Today’s form: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Three readings, and the words that use each
インin · on'yomi · in compounds
- 印象いんしょうimpression
- 印鑑いんかんstamp [n.]
- 印税いんぜいroyalty (on book)
- 消印けしいんpostmark
- 印刷するいんさつするprint [v.t.]
しるしshirushi · kun'yomi · on its own
- 印しるしmark [n.]
-じるし-jirushi · kun'yomi
- 目印めじるしmark, landmark
- 矢印やじるしarrow mark, signpost
Also read しるす, with no example words in our sources. Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0.
Where it comes from
Origin · sourced
Ideogrammic compound (會意)爪 hand + 卩 kneeling person
A hand suppressing a kneeling person.
Source: Wiktionary, 印 (rev. 92200059), CC BY-SA 4.0
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Hand (E) + kneeling person (卩). A hand pressing an official "seal" down upon a kneeling person (or a document) to grant them authority.”
Connections
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · yìn
Same form: 印 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 印 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 印 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin yìn most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.