阴

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overcast (weather); cloudy; shady; Yin (the negative principle of Yin and Yang); negative (electric.); feminine; moon; implicit; hidden; genitalia

Formation & memory

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Ideographic compound (会意字)

The place 阝 of the moon 月; compare 阳

Components 阝月

Yin · Heisig RSH #1059

pinnacle + moon

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

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Word	Pinyin	Meaning
山阴县	Shān yīn Xiàn	Shanyin, a county in Shuozhou City 朔州市[Shuo4 zhou1 Shi4], Shanxi
林阴大道	lín yīn dà dào	boulevard; tree-lined avenue; CL:條\|条[tiao2]
平阴县	Píng yīn Xiàn	Pingyin, a county in Jinan City 濟南市\|济南市[Ji3 nan2 Shi4], Shandong
阴阳合同	yīn yáng hé tóng	a deal where the parties collude to sign an under-the-table "yin contract" 陰合同\|阴合同 as well…
阴道口	yīn dào kǒu	female external genitalia (anatomy); vulva
江阴市	Jiāng yīn Shì	Jiangyin, a county-level city in Wuxi City 無錫市\|无锡市[Wu2 xi1 Shi4], Jiangsu
阴阳家	Yīn yáng jiā	School of Yin-Yang of the Warring States Period (475-221 BC) founded by Zou Yan 鄒衍\|邹衍[Zou1…
林阴道	lín yīn dào	see 林蔭道\|林荫道[lin2 yin4 dao4]
华阴市	Huá yīn Shì	Huayin, a county-level city in Weinan City 渭南市[Wei4 nan2 Shi4], Shaanxi
林阴路	lín yīn lù	see 林蔭道\|林荫道[lin2 yin4 dao4]
阴平声	yīn píng shēng	high and level tone, the first tone of putonghua
山阴	Shān yīn	see 山陰縣\|山阴县[Shan1 yin1 Xian4]
阴山	Yīn shān	Yin mountains in Inner Mongolia
阴天	yīn tiān	cloudy day; overcast sky
阴性	yīn xìng	negative; feminine
会阴	huì yīn	perineum; see 會陰穴\|会阴穴[hui4 yin1 xue2]
阴电	yīn diàn	negative electric charge
阴面	yīn miàn	shady side; dark side
下阴	xià yīn	the genitals
平阴	Píng yīn	see 平陰縣\|平阴县[Ping2 yin1 Xian4]