Memory phrase for the Kanji: 阴


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Meaning

Moon, cloudy, shady, rearside, Yin of (Yin:阴/Yang:阳)

Pronunciation

yīn

Explanation

Left: hill (If this radical: is at the left of a character it means 'hill', otherwise it means 'village'), right: moon

Mnemonic

The hill is on its "moon-side" shady, thus the: Yin.

Radicals

hill
moon, monthWhen it is at the left in the character then often with the meaning "body part". If at the right, then as "moon, month, period".
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Vocabulary

 阴极  yīn jí  cathode; negative electrode (i.e. emitting electrons)
 阴谋  yīn móu  plot; conspiracy
 阴郁  yīn yù  gloomy
 阴茎  yīn jīng  penis
 煽阴风  shān yīn fēng  to raise an ill wind
 舔阴  tiǎn yīn  cunnilingus
 阴阜  yīn fù  mons veneris
 露阴癖  lù yīn pǐ  indecent exposure; flashing
 阴道棕榈状壁  yīn dào zōng lǘ zhuàng bì  palmate folds of cervical canal; plicae palmatae canalis cervicis uteri
 阴道棕榈状壁  yīn dào zōng lǘ zhuàng bì  


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