吟
唫yín
#2,012 most
frequent character
old variant of 吟[yin2]
Character breakdown
Source: Make Me a Hanzi.
吟 pairs 口 mouth with 今 jīn, which is both part of the picture and a sound part. Its first meaning was keeping the mouth closed and not speaking. That grew to groaning or moaning, then to chanting and reciting aloud.
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