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shade

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Ideographic compound (会意字)

Shade 阴 provided by a tree 艹; 阴 also provides the pronunciation

Components 艹阴

shady · Heisig RSH #1060

flower + 阴 Yin

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

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Word	Pinyin	Meaning
林荫大道	lín yīn dà dào	variant of 林陰大道\|林阴大道[lin2 yin1 da4 dao4]
绿树成荫	lǜ shù chéng yīn	(idiom) (of an area) to have trees with shade-giving foliage; (of a road) to be tree-lined
林荫道	lín yīn dào	boulevard; avenue
林荫路	lín yīn lù	see 林蔭道\|林荫道[lin2 yin1 dao4]
封妻荫子	fēng qī yìn zǐ	(idiom) to bestow a title on the wife of a deserving official and make his son heir to his…
嘉荫县	Jiā yīn Xiàn	Jiayin, a county in Yichun City 伊春市[Yi1 chun1 Shi4], Heilongjiang
冬荫功	dōng yīn gōng	(loanword) tom yum goong (Thai soup)
树荫	shù yīn	shade of a tree; Taiwan pr. [shu4yin4]
绿荫	lǜ yīn	the shade (of a tree)
曾荫权	Zēng Yīn quán	Sir Donald Tsang, aka Tsang Yam-Kuen (1944–), the second Chief Executive of Hong Kong (200…
冬荫	dōng yīn	(loanword) tom yum (Thai soup)
荫凉	yìn liáng	shady and cool
嘉荫	Jiā yīn	see 嘉蔭縣\|嘉荫县[Jia1 yin1 Xian4]
槐荫区	Huái yīn Qū	Huaiyin, a district of Jinan City 濟南市\|济南市[Ji3 nan2 Shi4], Shandong
张荫桓	Zhāng Yìn huán	Zhang Yinhuan (1837-1900), late Qing politician and senior Chinese diplomat
遮荫	zhē yīn	to provide shade; Taiwan pr. [zhe1yin4]
荫蔽	yìn bì	to be shaded or concealed by foliage; to conceal; hidden; covert; shade (of a tree)
庇荫	bì yìn	to give shade (of a tree etc); to shield
槐荫	Huái yīn	see 槐蔭區\|槐荫区[Huai2 yin1 Qu1]