茵

yīn
#2,759 most
frequent character
mattress

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

茵 joins 艹 plants with 因 yīn, which supplies the sound. It first meant a padded cushion for carts, and later just 'mattress'.

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Homophones

因yīn
cause, reason, because
音yīn
sound, noise, note (of musical scale)

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