Memory phrase for the character: 阴

阴

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

Pronunciation

yīn

Explanation

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

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

Radicals

阝 hill
月 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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