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陰

Unicode: U+9670

Pinyin: ān yīn yìn

Definition

* 中國古代哲學認爲宇宙中通貫所有物質的兩大對立面諸一，與"陽"相對：～陽。一～一陽謂之道。～差陽錯。～盛陽衰。～虛生熱。圖形：⚋（U+268B）。 * 指"月亮" 太～（月亮）。～歷。 * 帶負電的。 ～電。～極。～離子。 * 雲層較厚，遮住陽光。 ～沉。～雨。～鬱（亦指憂鬱，不開朗）。～霾。 * 不見陽光，亦指不見陽光的地方。 ～面。～乾（ gān ）。～涼，～影。山～（山的北面，水的南面）。碑～（碑的背面）。 * 不露出表面的，暗中的。 ～溝。～通（祕密往來）。～私。～功（➊暗中做的好事；➋迷信指被陰間記功的好事）。 * 背地搗鬼，險惡。 ～謀。～毒。 * 指冥間。 ～間。～司。～曹地府。 * 凹進的。 ～文圖章。～識（即陰文）。 * 指時間。 光～。惜寸～。 * 生殖器。 ～部。～道。～莖。～囊。 * 姓

"female" principle; dark; secret

Structure

陰 graph

Related substructures

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Precursors

Oracle Bone Script
c. 1300–1050 BCE (Late Shang)
Inscriptions carved on turtle plastrons and animal bones for divination and record-keeping in the late Shang royal court; the oldest large attested corpus of written Chinese.Wikipedia ->
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Bronze Inscriptions
c. 1200–221 BCE (Shang–Zhou; continues into the Warring States)
Inscriptions cast or engraved on ritual bronzes, especially prominent from the Western Zhou onward; a major source for early political, ritual, and social history.Wikipedia ->
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Chu Script
c. 770–221 BCE (Chu, Spring & Autumn–Warring States)
A regional script tradition used in the state of Chu, best known from brush-written bamboo and silk manuscripts with distinctive local forms.Wikipedia ->
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Qin Script
c. 475–206 BCE (Qin, Warring States → Qin dynasty)
Qin-area character forms attested on bamboo/wood slips (e.g., Shuihudi, deposited 217 BCE), overlapping chronologically with the standardization of seal script and the emergence of clerical tendencies.Wikipedia ->
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Small Seal Script
Standardized 221–206 BCE (Qin); developed earlier in Qin
The standardized seal script promulgated after Qin’s unification, based on earlier Qin seal forms and used as an empire-wide norm.Wikipedia ->
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Clerical Script
c. 300 BCE–220 CE (emerged late Warring States/Qin; dominant Han)
A practical script that evolved from late Warring States/Qin writing; it matured and became dominant in the Han dynasty, favoring faster, more rectilinear strokes.Wikipedia ->
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Transmitted Pre-Qin Forms
Pre-Qin forms (≤221 BCE) / late 2nd century BCE onward (Han → later textual transmission)
Pre-Qin character forms preserved through later textual transmission (often discussed as the 'Old Text' / guwen tradition). Shaped by repeated copying, they can diverge from excavated Warring States materials.Wikipedia ->
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Last Modified: 2026-01-29 11:48 UTC