尹

尹	U+5C39, 尹 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5C39

← 尸
[U+5C38]

CJK Unified Ideographs

尺 →
[U+5C3A]

Translingual

Han character

尹 (radical 44, 尸+1, 4 strokes, cangjie input 尸大 (SK) or X尸大 (XSK), four-corner 1750₇, composition ⿻コ𠂇)

References

KangXi: page 299, character 27
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7631
Dae Jaweon: page 595, character 9
Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 964, character 1
Unihan data for U+5C39

Chinese

simp. and trad.		尹

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 尹

**Oracle bone script**
j05759	j05760	j05761	j05762	j05763	j05764	j05765	j05766
j05767	j05768	j05769	j05770	j05771	j05772	j05773	j05774
j05775	j05776	j05777	j05778	j05779	j05780	j05781	j05782
j05783	j05784	j05785	j05786	j05787	j05788	j05789	j05790
j05791	j05792	j05793	j05794	j05795	j05796	j05797	j05798
j05799	j05800	j05801	j05802	j05803	j05804	j05805	j05806
j05807	j05808	j05809	j05810	j05811

**Bronze inscriptions**
b03931	b03932	b03933	b03934	b03935	b03936	b03937	b03938
b03939	b03940	b03941	b03942	b03943	b03944	b03945	b03946
b03947	b03948	b03949	b03950	b03951	b03952	b03953	b03954
b03955	b03956	b03957	b03958	b03959	b03960	b03961	b03962
b03963	b03964	b03965	b03966	b03967	b03968	b03969	b03970
b03971	b03972	b03973

**Small seal script**
s02172

**Transcribed ancient scripts**
L34631	L34632	L34633	L34634	L34635	L34636	L34637	L34638
L34639	L34640	L34641	L34642	L15606	L15607	L15608	L15609
L15610	L15611	L15612	L15613	L15614	L15615	L15616	L15617
L15618	L15619	L15620	L15621	L15622	L15623	L15624	L15625
L15626

References:

Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including:

Shuowen Jiezi (small seal),
Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions),
Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and
Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

Characters in the same phonetic series (尹) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
芛	ɢʷelʔ, ɢʷid
伊	*qlil
咿	*qlil
蛜	*qlil
笋	*sɢʷinʔ
尹	*ɢʷlinʔ

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yǐn (yin³)

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄣˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wan⁵
Min Nan (POJ): ún / ín

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: yǐn
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄣˇ
  - Wade–Giles: yin³
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yyin
  - IPA ^(key): /in²¹⁴/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: wan⁵
  - Yale: wáhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wan⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: wen⁵
  - IPA ^(key): /wɐn¹³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ún
  - Tâi-lô: ún
  - Phofsit Daibuun: uon
  - IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /un⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /un⁴¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /un⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ín
  - Tâi-lô: ín
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ien
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /in⁵³/

Dialectal data▼

Variety	Location	edit 尹
Mandarin	Beijing	/in²¹⁴/
	Harbin	/in²¹³/
	Tianjin	/in¹³/
	Jinan	/iẽ⁵⁵/
	Qingdao	/iə̃⁵⁵/
	Zhengzhou	/in⁵³/
	Xi'an	/iẽ⁵³/
	Xining	/iə̃⁵³/
	Yinchuan	/iŋ⁵³/
	Lanzhou	/ĩn⁴⁴²/
	Ürümqi	/iŋ⁵¹/
	Wuhan	/yn⁴²/
	Chengdu	/yn⁵³/
	Guiyang	/in⁴²/
	Kunming	/ĩ⁵³/
	Nanjing	/in²¹²/
	Hefei	/in²⁴/
Jin	Taiyuan	/iəŋ⁵³/
	Pingyao	/iŋ⁵³/
	Hohhot	/ĩŋ⁵³/
Wu	Shanghai	/iŋ⁵³/ /ɦiŋ²³/
	Suzhou	/ɦin³¹/
	Hangzhou	/ʔin³³/
	Wenzhou	/j̠oŋ³⁵/
Hui	Shexian	/iʌ̃³⁵/
Hui	Tunxi
Xiang	Changsha	/yn⁴¹/
Xiang	Xiangtan	/yn⁴²/
Gan	Nanchang	/in²¹³/
Hakka	Meixian	/iun⁴⁴/
Hakka	Taoyuan	/ʒuŋ³¹/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/wɐn²³/
	Nanning	/wɐn³⁵/
	Hong Kong	/wɐn¹³/
Min	Xiamen (Min Nan)	/in⁵³/ /un⁵³/
	Fuzhou (Min Dong)	/yŋ³²/
	Jian'ou (Min Bei)	/œyŋ²¹/
	Shantou (Min Nan)	/ɯŋ⁵³/
	Haikou (Min Nan)	/zin³¹/

Middle Chinese: /jiuɪn^X/▼

Rime
Character	尹
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	以 (36)
Final (韻)	諄 (47)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	余準切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/jiuɪn^X/
Pan Wuyun	/jʷin^X/
Shao Rongfen	/juen^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/jwin^X/
Li Rong	/iuĕn^X/
Wang Li	/jĭuĕn^X/
Bernard Karlgren	/i̯uĕn^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yǔn

Old Chinese▼
(Baxter–Sagart): /*m-qurʔ/

(Zhengzhang): /*ɢʷlinʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	尹
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yǐn
Middle Chinese	‹ ywin^X ›
Old Chinese	/*m-qurʔ/
English	govern; governor
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	尹
Reading #	1/1
No.	15300
Phonetic component	尹
Rime group	眞
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	尹
Old Chinese	/*ɢʷlinʔ/

Definitions

尹

^† to govern; oversee
^† director
A surname.

Compounds

京兆尹
京尹
令尹 (lìngyǐn)
奄尹
尹吉甫 (Yǐnjífǔ)
尹文子

尹邢避面
尹集 (Yǐnjí)
尹霍夫池
師尹／师尹
府尹

版尹
箴尹
縣尹／县尹
詹尹
關尹／关尹

Japanese

Kanji

尹

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

On (unclassified): いん (in)
Kun: おさ (osa, 尹); ただす (tadasu, 尹す)

Korean

Hanja

尹 • (yun)

Eumhun:
- Sound (hangeul): 윤 (revised: yun, McCune–Reischauer: yun, Yale: yun)
- Name (hangeul): 성 윤

A common family name.

Vietnamese

Han character

尹: Hán Nôm readings: doãn, duẫn

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References

Nom Foundation

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