寅
Ancient forms
3 formsGlyphs: Wikimedia Commons, public domain.
Meaning
yín yin2
- 3rd earthly branch: 3-5 a.m., 1st solar month (4th February-5th March), year of the Tiger
- ancient Chinese compass point: 60°
Words with 寅
- 寅时 yínshí 3-5 am (in the system of two-hour subdivisions used in former times)
- 甲寅 jiǎyín 51st year A3 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1974 or 2034
- 寅虎 yínhǔ Year 3, year of the Tiger (e.g. 2010)
- 丙寅 bǐngyín third year C3 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1986 or 2046
- 戊寅 wùyín fifteenth year E3 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1998 or 2058
- 庚寅 gēngyín twenty-seventh year G3 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2010 or 2070
- 壬寅 rényín thirty-ninth year I3 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1962 or 2022
- 寅吃卯粮 yínchīmǎoliáng lit. eating away next year's food in advance
- 唐寅 TángYín Tang Bohu 唐伯虎 or Tang Yin (1470-1523), Ming painter and poet, one of Four great southern talents of the Ming 江南四大才子
- 文在寅 WénZàiyín Moon Jae-in (1953-), Korean politician and human rights lawyer, president of Korea from 2017