印

See also: ер, EP, ep, and èp
印 U+5370, 印
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5370
← 卯
[U+536F] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 危 →
[U+5371]

Translingual
Stroke order

Han character

印 (radical 26, 卩+4, 6 strokes, cangjie input 竹心尸中 (HPSL), four-corner 77720, composition ⿰𠀉卩 or ⿻卬一)

References
  • KangXi: page 159, character 10
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2848
  • Dae Jaweon: page 363, character 16
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 312, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+5370

Chinese
simp. and trad.
 印

Glyph origin
Historical forms of the character 印
Shang Western Zhou Warring States Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Chu Slip and silk script Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
Characters in the same phonetic series (印) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
印 *qiŋs
鮣 *qiŋs

Etymology 1

Pronunciation
Note:
  • yìnr - “mark; print; trace”.
Note:
  • yin - literary;
  • yang - vernacular.
Rime
Character 印
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 影 (34)
Final (韻) 眞 (43)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 於刃切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ʔiɪnH/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ʔinH/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ʔjenH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /ʔinH/
Li
Rong		 /ʔiĕnH/
Wang
Li		 /ĭĕnH/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /ʔi̯ĕnH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 yìn
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 印
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 yìn
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ "jinH ›
Old
Chinese		 /*[ʔ]iŋ-s/
English seal

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 印
Reading # 1/1
No. 15322
Phonetic
component		 印
Rime
group		 眞
Rime
subdivision		 2
Corresponding
MC rime		 印
Old
Chinese		 /*qiŋs/

Definitions

印

  1. stamp; seal
  2. trace; mark; sign
  3. imprint
  4. to tally
  5. to engrave
  6. (computing) to print
  7. Short for 印度 (Yìndù, “India”).
  8. Short for 印度尼西亞／印度尼西亚 (Yìndùníxīyà, “Indonesia”).
See also

Compounds
Derived terms from 印

Etymology 2
For pronunciation and definitions of 印 – see 抑 (“to press down; to keep down; to repress; to suppress; to restrain; to restrict; etc.”).
(This character, 印, is a variant form of 抑.)

Japanese

Kanji
印

(grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

Etymology 1
Kanji in this term
印
いん
Grade: 4
on’yomi

From Middle Chinese 印 (MC ʔiɪnH).

Pronunciation

Affix

印 (hiragana いん, rōmaji in)

  1. stamp; seal
  2. trace; mark; sign
  3. printing
  4. Short for 印度 (Indo, “India”).
Derived terms
Derived terms

Noun

印 (hiragana いん, rōmaji in)

  1. stamp; seal
  2. (Buddhism) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
Derived terms
  • 印 (いん)する (insuru)

Etymology 2
Kanji in this term
印
しるし
Grade: 4
kun’yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 印 – see しるし.
(This term, 印, is a kanji spelling of しるし.)

Etymology 3
Kanji in this term
印
じるし
Grade: 4
kun’yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 印 – see じるし.
(This term, 印, is a kanji spelling of じるし.)

Etymology 4
Kanji in this term
印
かね
Grade: 4
kun’yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 印 – see かね.
(This term, 印, is a kanji spelling of かね.)

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja

印 • (in) (hangeul 인, McCune–Reischauer in)

  1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Vietnamese

Han character

印 (ấn, in, ắng)

  1. Hán tự form of ấn (“to press”).
  2. Hán tự form of in (“to print”).
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