音

yīn
#540 most
frequent character
sound, noise, note (of musical scale)

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

音 began as 言 speech with a mark in 口 mouth, first meaning 'sound of voice'. The parts 立 and 日 are now empty, and the meaning grew to 'sound', 'noise', 'tone', and 'reading'.

音 as a component in other characters

meaning1 character
韵
sound9 characters
意暗黯谙歆喑窨揞戠
picture1 character
韶
empty1 character
竟

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Homophones

因yīn
cause, reason, because

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