殷

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flourishing; abundant; earnest; hospitable

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Ideographic compound (会意字)

A midwife 殳 to helping a pregnant woman 㐆; 㐆 also provides the pronunciation

Components 㐆殳

ardent · Heisig RSH #2817

drag + 白 white + clothes hanger + missile

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

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Word	Pinyin	Meaning
无事献殷勤，非奸即盗	wú shì xiàn yīn qín , fēi jiān jí dào	one who is unaccountably solicitous is hiding evil intentions (idiom)
殷都区	Yīn dū Qū	Yindu, a district of Anyang City 安陽市\|安阳市[An1 yang2 Shi4], Henan
殷红	yān hóng	dark red
殷实	yīn shí	thriving; well-off; substantial
殷商	Yīn shāng	final name of the Shang dynasty after their move to Yinxu 殷墟 in modern Henan province
殷忧启圣	yīn yōu qǐ shèng	deep suffering can lead to enlightenment (idiom); storms make oaks take deeper root
殷切	yīn qiè	ardent; eager; earnest
殷都	Yīn dū	see 殷都區\|殷都区[Yin1 du1 Qu1]
殷富	yīn fù	well off; prosperous
孔殷	kǒng yīn	urgent; numerous
红殷殷	hóng yān yān	dark red; crimson; also pr. [hong2 yin1 yin1]
献殷勤	xiàn yīn qín	to be particularly attentive to (an attractive young lady or man etc); to fawn upon (an in…
殷勤	yīn qín	politely; solicitously; eagerly attentive
殷殷	yīn yīn	earnest; ardent (hope etc)
殷弘绪	Yīn Hóng xù	François Xavier d'Entrecolles (1664-1741), French Jesuit missionary to Kangxi court
殷墟	Yīn xū	Yinxu, ruins of Yinshang 殷商 city at Anyang 安陽\|安阳 in Henan province, a World Heritage site