殷

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surname Yin

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

殷 yīn has 㐆 body and 殳 a hand holding a weapon. The body under a blow gives its first sense: pain from illness. 'Late Shāng dynasty' and, for yǎn, 'dark red,' were both borrowed for sound.

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Same Characters, Different Readings

殷yān
dark red
殷yīn
flourishing, abundant, earnest
殷yǐn
roll of thunder

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