陰陽

Yin later came to be associated with “female, dark, soft, passive, etc.”, and yang later came to be associated with “male, light, hard, active, etc.”.

陰陽

1. (Chinese philosophy) yin and yang (☯) (two opposing forces in nature)

   • 陰陽不測之謂神。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     阴阳不测之谓神。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: I Ching, 3^rd – 2^nd millennia BCE

     Yīnyáng bù cè zhī wèi shén. [Pinyin]

     That which can not be measured (in straightforward terms such as) (bad and good; negative and positive etc.) is called mysterious (or divine).

2. (figuratively) two contrasting things; antitheses
3. (literary) ancient Chinese astronomy, especially the study of the movement of celestial bodies
4. (literary, historical) occult arts such as astrology, divination, geomancy, etc.
5. (literary, historical) yin-yang geomancer
6. (physics) cathode and anode (Short for 陰極. and Short for 陽極.)

Others:

• → English: yin-yang, ying-yang
• → French: yin-yang
• → Portuguese: yin-yang
• → Russian: инь-ян (inʹ-jan)

From Middle Chinese 陰陽 (MC ʔˠiɪm jɨɐŋ). The yō reading for 陽 changes to myō as an instance of renjō (連声).

陰陽 (hiragana いんよう, rōmaji in'yō, alternative reading おんよう, rōmaji on'yō, alternative reading おんみょう, rōmaji onmyō)

1. yin-yang

• 陰陽師 (in'yōji, on'yōji or Onmyōji) "yin-yang master/teacher"
• 陰 (おん)陽 (みょう)道 (どう) (onmyōdō, “the way of yin and yang”)

陰陽 • (eumyang) (hangeul 음양)

1. Hanja form^? of 음양 (“yin-yang”).

陰陽

1. Hán tự form of âm dương (“yin-yang”).