入
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to enter; to go into; to join; to become a member of; (bound form) to conform to (as in 入時|入时[ru4 shi2]); abbr. for 入聲|入声[ru4 sheng1]; (on product packaging, after {number n} + {classifier}) containing (n pieces) (from Japanese 入 "iri")
- Old HSK
- Level 4
- Strokes
- 2
- Radical
- 入 itself
- Structure
- Single component 独体
- Traditional
- 入
- Common rank
- #217
- Unicode
- U+5165
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Formation & memory
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How 入 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
An arrow indicating "enter"
How to remember it
enter · Heisig RSH #693
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 入
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 上天无路，入地无门 | lit. there is no road to the sky, nor door into the earth (idiom); fig. to be at the end o… | |
| 上天入地 | lit. to go up to heaven or down to Hades (idiom); fig. to go to great lengths; to search h… | |
| 出入平安 | lit. peace when you come or go; peace wherever you go | |
| 出神入化 | to reach perfection (idiom); a superb artistic achievement | |
| 入海口 | estuary | |
| 出入口 | gateway | |
| 入学 | to enter a school or college; to go to school for the first time as a child | |
| 入风口 | air intake vent | |
| 出入门 | entrance and exit door | |
| 出生入死 | from the cradle to the grave (idiom); to go through fire and water; brave; willing to risk… | |
| 入木三分 | written in a forceful hand; penetrating; profound | |
| 转入地下 | to go underground; to turn to secret activities | |
| 拉入 | to pull into; to draw in | |
| 入行 | to enter a profession | |
| 入会 | to join a society, association etc | |
| 入手 | to begin (with ...) (typically used in a structure such as 從|从[cong2] + {noun} + 入手[ru4 sh… | |
| 格格不入 | (idiom) inharmonious; incompatible | |
| 出入 | to go out and come in; entrance and exit; expenditure and income; discrepancy; inconsisten… | |
| 入口 | entrance; to import | |
| 入关学 | theory proposed in 2019 on Chinese social media, centering on the idea of China replacing … |
Sound family
These characters use 入 as their sound component — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 入 sound part | to enter, to come in; to join | |
| 汆 | to parboil; to boil; a kettle of hot water |