印

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to print; to mark; to engrave; a seal; a print; a stamp; a mark; a trace; image

Formation & memory

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Ideographic compound (会意字)

A hand 爪 stamping a seal 卩

Components 卩 ? unknown part

print · Heisig RSH #1125

staples + stamp

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
心心相印	xīn xīn xiāng yìn	two hearts beat as one (idiom); a kindred spirit
打印头	dǎ yìn tóu	print head
印度尼西亚语	Yìn dù ní xī yà yǔ	Indonesian language
印地语	Yìn dì yǔ	Hindi (language)
打印机	dǎ yìn jī	printer
印台区	Yìn tái Qū	Yintai, a district of Tongchuan City 銅川市\|铜川市[Tong2 chuan1 Shi4], Shaanxi
印江县	Yìn jiāng Xiàn	see 印江土家族苗族自治縣\|印江土家族苗族自治县[Yin4 jiang1 Tu3 jia1 zu2 Miao2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 xian4]
印度尼西亚	Yìn dù ní xī yà	Indonesia
印制电路	yìn zhì diàn lù	printed circuit
印头鱼	yìn tóu yú	shark sucker (Echeneis naucrates)
印子	yìn zi	trace; impression (e.g. footprint); abbr. of 印子錢\|印子钱[yin4 zi5 qian2], usury
大印	dà yìn	stamp; official seal
印度人	Yìn dù rén	Indian (person); CL:個\|个[ge4]; Indian people
印制电路板	yìn zhì diàn lù bǎn	printed circuit board
水印	shuǐ yìn	watermark
中印	Zhōng Yìn	China-India
长印鱼	cháng yìn yú	shark sucker (Echeneis naucrates)
北印度语	běi Yìn dù yǔ	Hindi; a north Indian language
印度时报	Yìn dù Shí bào	India Times
西印度	Xī Yìn dù	West Indies (i.e. the Caribbean)

These characters use 印 as their sound component — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
印 sound part	yìn	print; mark; seal, stamp
茚	yìn	indene