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寅: sign of the tiger, 3-5AM

Also: third sign of Chinese zodiac

JLPT N111 strokesName kanji (jinmeiyō)Your ink: 白 Not met

宀 carries the meaning · 由 and 八 are drawn in

11 strokes

One reading, and the words that use it

とらtora · kun'yomi · on its own

  • 寅とらthe Tiger (third sign of the Chinese zodiac)
  • 寅年とらどしyear of the Tiger
  • 丙寅ひのえとらFire Tiger (3rd term of the sexagenary…

Also read イン, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Where it comes from

Memory story · made up to help you remember

“Under one roof! Imagine the safety and warmth of a sturdy house at the end of a long day.”
More in the 宀 roof story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
宀

Also built on roof (宀)

All 41
由

Also built on wherefore (由)

14 in all
八

Also built on eight (八)

All 23

寅 gives its sound to

Sound parts: KanjiVG.

Also read イン

15 kanji share this on'yomiAll 15

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
寅 sign of the tiger · 宀
vs黄 yellow · 龷
寅 has 宀 where 黄 has 龷.
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · yín

Same form: 寅 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).

Simplified
寅 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
寅 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin yín most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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