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{{also|阴|隂|侌}}
{{character info}}
==Translingual==

===Han character===
{{Han char|rn=170|rad=阜|as=08|sn=11|four=78231|canj=NLOII|ids=⿰阝侌}}

====Derived characters====
* {{l|mul|[[𠽛]], [[𣼩]], [[廕]]([[𫷮]]), [[癊]], [[蔭]]([[荫]])}}

====Related characters====
* {{l|mul|[[阴]]}} ''({{w|Simplified form}} of 陰)''

====References====
{{Han ref|kx=1353.060|dkj=41691|dj=1855.120|hdz=64138.050|uh=9670}}

==Chinese==
{{zh-forms|s=阴|alt=侌,𠊺,𣍤,𤽎,阥,𨹉,隂,𨻔,𨼖,𨽙,𨽭,𨹩,𩃬,𣱙,𢉩,𠆭}}

===Glyph origin===
{{Han etym}}
According to ''{{w|Shuowen}}'', a {{Han compound|阜|侌|ls=psc|c1=s|c2=p|nocap=1}}.

===Etymology===
From {{inh|zh|sit-pro|*r(u/i)m||dark; shade; dusk; twilight}}; compare {{cog|bo|རུམ||darkness}}, {{cog|kac|rim||to be dusk}} ({{zh-ref|Benedict, 1972}}; {{zh-ref|Bodman, 1980}}; STEDT).

{{zh-ref|Schuessler (2007)}} compares it instead to {{cog|my|အုံ့||to become overcast}}, {{cog|adi|mugyum||shade; shadow}}, {{cog|lep|ᰠᰨᰌᰤᰪᰮ|tr=so-dyŭm|t=shade}}.

===Pronunciation===
{{zh-pron
|m=yīn
|ma=Zh-yīn.ogg
|m-s=yin1
|dg=йин1
|c=jam1
|c-t=yim1
|c-yj=jam1
|g=in1
|h=pfs=yîm;gd=yim1
|j=ing1
|mb=éng
|md=ĭng
|mn=im/iam
|mn_note=im - literary; iam - vernacular (limited, e.g. {{zh-l|*半陰陽}})
|mn-t=im1
|w=sh:1in
|x=in1
|ca=Yue-yam1.ogg
|mc=y
|oc=y
|cat=a,n,c:v,pn
}}

===Definitions===
{{head|zh|hanzi}}

# [[cloudy]]; [[overcast]]; [[gloomy]]
#: {{zh-x|陰暗|dark; gloomy}}
#: {{zh-x|天 陰 了。|The sky is overcast.}}
#: {{zh-x|陰 轉 晴|'''cloudy''' to fine}}
# [[hidden]]; [[secret]]
#: {{zh-x|陽奉陰違|to overtly agree but covertly oppose; to comply in public but oppose in private}}
# [[negative]]
#: {{zh-x|陰極|cathode}}
#: {{zh-x|陰離子|anion; negative ion}}
# the [[Moon]]
#: {{zh-x|太陰|moon}}
#: {{zh-x|陰曆|lunar calendar}}
# [[shade]]; [[shadow]]
#: {{zh-x|樹陰|shade of a tree}}
#: {{zh-x|背陰|to be in the shade}}
# [[north]] of a [[mountain]] or [[south]] of a [[river]]
#: {{zh-x|山陰|northern side of a mountain}}
#: {{zh-x|^江陰|Jiangyin (a county situated on the south side of the Yangtze River)}}
# [[back]] side
#: {{zh-x|碑陰|'''posterior''' of a stele}}
# of the [[nether]] world; of [[ghost]]s
#: {{zh-x|陰間|afterworld; netherworld}}
#: {{zh-x|陰陽 相隔|}}
# {{lb|zh|philosophy}} "[[female]]" principle; ''[[yin]]'' in ''[[yin-yang]]''
# in [[intaglio]]
#: {{zh-x|陰文|'''intagliated''' characters or designs}}
# [[treacherous]]; [[deceitful]]; [[cheating]]
#: {{zh-x|陰險|treacherous}}
#: {{zh-x|好 哇，你 敢 跟 我 玩兒{r} 陰 的！|Fine, you dare play dirty with me!}}
# {{lb|zh|dialectal}} to [[deceive]]; to [[trick]]; to [[trap]]
#: {{zh-x|我 今兒{r}個 讓 人 給 陰 了。|Today I have been '''tricked''' by someone.|M-UIB}}
# {{lb|zh|Chinese|_|phonetics|of a syllable}} [[open]]; not having a [[consonant]] [[coda]]
# {{lb|zh|Cantonese}} [[bang]]s; [[fringe]]
#: {{zh-alt-inline|𩬎}}
# [[genitalia]] (of humans)
#: {{zh-x|陰道|vagina}}
#: {{zh-x|外陰|vulva}}
#* {{zh-x|大-陰-人 ^嫪{Lào}^毐{Ǎi}|{{w|Lao Ai}} of the large '''penis'''|ref=Shiji}}
# {{surname|zh}}

====Antonyms====
* {{zh-l|陽|[[yang]]}}

====See also====
{{table:Chinese tones/zh}}

===Compounds===
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===Descendants===
* {{desc|bor=1|tai-pro|*rɤmᴮ|t=shade}}
** {{desc|th|ร่ม|t=shade, umbrella, parachute}}

===References===
* {{R:yue:Hanzi}}
* {{R:twedu|A04425}}

{{cat|cmn|Beginning Mandarin}}

==Japanese==

===Kanji===
{{ja-kanji|grade=c|rs=阜08}}

# [[shade]]
# [[dark]], [[gloomy]]
# [[hidden]], [[invisible]]
# [[negative]], [[yin]] (in contrast to yang)

====Readings====
{{ja-readings
|goon=おん<おん<おむ
|kanon=いん<いん<いむ
|kun=かげ-, かげ-る, くら-い, ほと-
}}

====Compounds====
{{der-top|Compounds}}{{ja-r/multi|data=
* {{ja-r/args|陰%鬱|いん%うつ}}
* {{ja-r/args|陰%影|いん%えい}}
* {{ja-r/args|陰%画|いん%が|[[negative]] [[photograph]]}}
* {{ja-r/args|陰%核|いん%かく|[[clitoris]]}}
* {{ja-r/args|陰%茎|いん%けい|[[penis]]}}
* {{ja-r/args|陰%唇|いん%しん|[[labia]]}}
* {{ja-r/args|陰%梃|いん%てい|[[clitoris]]}}
* {{ja-r/args|陰%嚢|いん%のう|[[scrotum]]}}
* {{ja-r/args|陰%部|いん%ぶ|[[genital]] [[area]]}}
* {{ja-r/args|陰%裂|いん%れつ|[[pudendal cleft]]}}
* {{ja-r/args|陰%気|いん%き}}
* {{ja-r/args|陰%極|いん%きょく}}
* {{ja-r/args|陰%険|いん%けん}}
* {{ja-r/args|陰%湿|いん%しつ}}
* {{ja-r/args|陰%性|いん%せい}}
* {{ja-r/args|陰%電%子|いん%でん%し}}
* {{ja-r/args|陰%徳|いん%とく}}
* {{ja-r/args|陰%謀|いん%ぼう}}
* {{ja-r/args|会%陰|え%いん|[[perineum]]}}
* {{ja-r/args|陰%陽|いん%よう}}
* {{ja-r/args|陰%陽 五%行|おん%みょう ご%ぎょう}}
* {{ja-r/args|陰%陽%師|おん%みょう%じ}} a Yin-Yang Master
* {{ja-r/args|陰%陽%道|おん%みょう%どう}} "The Way of Yin & Yang"
* {{ja-r/args|陰%口|かげ%ぐち}}
* {{ja-r|日%陰|ひ%かげ}}
}}{{der-bottom}}

====Synonyms====
* {{l|ja|阴}}

===Etymology 1===
{{ja-kanjitab|かげ|yomi=k|alt=翳}}

====Pronunciation====
{{ja-pron|かげ|acc=1|acc_ref=DJR,NHK}}

====Noun====
{{ja-noun|かげ}}

# [[shadow]], [[shade]]
#: {{ja-usex|木の'''陰'''|き の '''かげ'''|a '''shadow''' of a tree}}
# [[hidden]] [[side]]
#: {{ja-usex|'''陰'''で動き回る|'''かげ''' で うごき まわる|maneuver in a '''hidden side'''}}
#: {{ja-usex|'''陰'''の支%配%者|'''かげ''' の し%はい%しゃ|a '''hidden''' ruler}}

=====Antonyms=====
* {{ja-r|陽|ひなた|[[sunny]] place, [[visible]] side}}

=====See also=====
* {{ja-r|影|かげ}}

===Etymology 2===
{{ja-kanjitab|いん|yomi=k}}
From {{der|sort=いん|ja|ltc|陰|tr=ʔˠiɪm}}.

====Pronunciation====
{{ja-pron|いん|acc=1|acc_ref=DJR,NHK}}

====Affix====
{{ja-pos|affix|いん}}

# [[shade]]; [[shadow]]
# [[shadow]] of the [[sun]]; {{lb|ja|figuratively}} [[time]]
# [[hidden]]; [[invisible]]; [[secret]]
# [[genitalia]]
# [[negative]]; “[[female]]”; [[quiescent]]; [[minus]]
# {{lb|ja|philosophy}} [[yin]]
# [[north]] [[side]] of [[mountain]]; [[south]] side of [[water]]
# the [[moon]]

====Noun====
{{ja-noun|いん}}

# {{lb|ja|philosophy}} [[yin]]
# {{lb|ja|literary}} [[shady]] [[area]]; ({{lang|ja|陰に}}) in the [[shade]]; [[secretly]]; in [[private]]

===Etymology 3===
{{ja-kanjitab|ほと|yomi=k}}
/hoto<sub>2</sub>/: *[potə] → [ɸoto] → [hoto]. As indicated in the ''[[w:Wamyō Ruijushō|Wamyōshō]]'' citation, /to<sub>2</sub>/ may be related to {{m|ja|処||tr=/to<sub>1</sub>/|place, location}}, but the phonological difference can not be explained. Perhaps related to Korean {{m|ko|보지|t=vagina}}.

====Pronunciation====
{{ja-pron|ほと}}

====Noun====
{{ja-noun|ほと}}

# [[female]] [[genitalia]]
#* '''712''', [[w:Kojiki|Kojiki]]
#*: {{ux|ja|因生此子、美'''蕃登'''<small>此三字以音。</small>見灸而病臥在。}}
#* '''712''', [[w:Kojiki|Kojiki]]
#*: {{ux|ja|逆剥天斑馬剥而、所墮入時、天服織女見驚而、於梭衝'''陰上'''而死。<small>訓陰上云'''富登'''。</small>}}
# {{lb|sort=ほと|ja|by extension}} [[male]] [[genitalia]]
#: {{synonyms|ja|Thesaurus:陰茎}}
#* {{RQ:Wamyō Ruijushō|2|44-45|passage=陰 釋名云、陰、今案玉茎玉門等通稱也 [...] 原書無其字按神代紀、「陰訓'''保止'''、保是含包之言、即所謂在陰翳之義、止、處也」 [...]}}

=====Synonyms=====
* {{ja-r|べべ}}
* {{ja-r|へへ}}
* {{ja-r|まんこ}}
* {{ja-r|みと}}
* {{ja-r|おまんこ}}
* {{ja-r|おめこ}}
* {{ja-r|おそそ}}
* {{ja-r|つび}}

===References===
<references/>
:* {{cite-book
|last=Kurano
|first=Kenji
|coauthors=Yūkichi Takeda
|title=Nihon Koten Bungaku Taikei 1: Kojiki
|publisher=[[w:Iwanami Shoten Publishing|Iwanami Shoten]]
|year_published=1958
|year=712
|page=224
|location=[[w:Tokyo|Tōkyō]]
|isbn=4-000-60001-X
}}
:* {{R:Wamyō Ruijushō}}

{{C|ja|Anatomy|sort=ほと}}

==Korean==

===Alternative forms===
* {{l|ko|隂}}

===Etymology 1===
From {{der|ko|ltc|-}} {{ltc-l|陰}}.

{{hanja-dongguk|ᅙᅳᆷ|qum|alt=隂}}

{{hanja-hunmong|음|um|天文#상01A|alt=隂}}

====Hanja====
{{ko-hanja-search}}
{{ko-hanja|그늘|음}}

# {{hanja form of|음|[[dark]]; [[shady]]}}

=====Compounds=====
{{der-top3|Compounds}}
* {{ko-l/args|음각|陰刻}}
* {{ko-l/args|음경|陰莖|[[penis]]}}
* {{ko-l/args|음계|陰界}}
* {{ko-l/args|음극|陰極}}
* {{ko-l/args|음기|陰氣}}
* {{ko-l/args|음낭|陰囊}}
* {{ko-l/args|음덕|陰德}}
* {{ko-l/args|음력|陰曆}}
* {{ko-l/args|음렬|陰裂|[[pudendal cleft]]}}
* {{ko-l/args|음모|陰毛}}
* {{ko-l/args|음모|陰謀}}
* {{ko-l/args|음문|陰門}}
* {{ko-l/args|음밀|陰密}}
* {{ko-l/args|음복|陰伏}}
* {{ko-l/args|음부|陰部}}
* {{ko-l/args|음사|陰事}}
* {{ko-l/args|음사|陰私}}
* {{ko-l/args|음선|陰線}}
* {{ko-l/args|음성|陰性}}
* {{ko-l/args|음수|陰數}}
* {{ko-l/args|음순|陰脣|[[labia]]}}
* {{ko-l/args|음실|陰室}}
* {{ko-l/args|음암|陰暗}}
* {{ko-l/args|음애|陰崖}}
* {{ko-l/args|음양|陰陽}}
* {{ko-l/args|음영|陰影}}
* {{ko-l/args|음우|陰佑}}
* {{ko-l/args|음울|陰鬱}}
* {{ko-l/args|음전|陰電}}
* {{ko-l/args|음조|陰助}}
* {{ko-l/args|음지|陰地}}
* {{ko-l/args|음침|陰沈}}
* {{ko-l/args|음풍|陰風}}
* {{ko-l/args|음해|陰害}}
* {{ko-l/args|음핵|陰核}}
* {{ko-l/args|음허|陰虛}}
* {{ko-l/args|음험|陰險}}
* {{ko-l/args|음흉|陰凶}}
* {{ko-l/args|광음|光陰}}
* {{ko-l/args|녹음|綠陰}}
* {{ko-l/args|농음|濃陰}}
* {{ko-l/args|비음|碑陰}}
* {{ko-l/args|야음|夜陰}}
* {{ko-l/args|양음|涼陰}}
* {{ko-l/args|자음|滋陰}}
* {{ko-l/args|장음|廧陰}}
* {{ko-l/args|촌음|寸陰}}
* {{ko-l/args|춘음|春陰}}
* {{ko-l/args|태음|太陰}}
* {{ko-l/args|호음|沍陰}}
* {{ko-l/args|회음|會陰|[[perineum]]}}
* {{ko-l/args|음경골|陰莖骨}}
* {{ko-l/args|음양가|陰陽家}}
* {{ko-l/args|음전기|陰電氣}}
* {{ko-l/args|음전자|陰電子}}
* {{ko-l/args|대음순|大陰脣}}
* {{ko-l/args|소음순|小陰脣}}
* {{ko-l/args|태음력|太陰曆}}
{{der-bottom}}

===Etymology 2===
Related to {{cog|ltc|-}} {{ltc-l|闇|dark; gloomy}}.

====Hanja====
{{ko-hanja|침묵하다|침묵할|암}}

# {{lb|ko|archaic}} {{hanja form of|암|to be [[silent]]}}

=====Synonyms=====
* {{l|ko|噤}}, {{l|ko|금}}
* {{l|ko|喑}}, {{l|ko|음}}

===References===
* {{R:hanjadoc|13679}}

==Okinawan==

===Kanji===
{{ryu-kanji}}

====Compounds====
* {{ryu-r|陰%目|ほー%みー|vagina}}

===Etymology===
Cognate with {{cog|ja|陰|tr=hoto}}.

===Noun===
{{ryu-noun|ほー}}

# [[female]] [[genitalia]]

===References===
* {{R:Okinawago Jiten}}

{{C|ryu|Anatomy|sort=ほお}}

==Vietnamese==

===Han character===
{{vi-readings|reading=âm, ơm|rs=阜08}}

# {{vi-Han form of|âm|[[yin]]}}

====Compounds====
* {{vi-l|âm lịch|陰曆|[[lunar calendar]]}}
* {{vi-l|hội âm|會陰|[[perineum]]}}