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姻
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in-law

HSK 7 N1
Human →Relations →Family
yīn
イン
인
Phonosemantic compound. 女 represents the meaning and 因 represents the sound.
Components
女 woman+ 因 cause =
姻 in-law
女 Meaning component
nǚ woman
woman, girl
因 Phonetic component
yīn cause
old variant of 因[yīn]
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Notes
Similar Characters
佞 glib囡 one's daughter奶 milk奸 crafty她 she奼 colorful (trad)好 good妁 act as go-between妄 absurd妆 adorn (simp)妈 mama (simp)妊 conceive妍 seductive妒 jealous of妓 prostitute妖 bewitching妗 wife of mother's brother妙 wonderful妝 put on makeup (trad)妞 girl
Historical Evolution
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)
Clerical
Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)
姻
Regular
Modern
Chinese
姻 [yīn]
marriage connections
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (18)
婚姻 [hūn​yīn] #1,310
matrimony
婚姻法 [hūn​yīn​fǎ] #50,973
marriage law
联姻 [lián​yīn] #24,150
related by marriage
联姻 [lián​yīn] #24,150
related by marriage
姻缘 [yīn​yuán] #32,347
a marriage predestined by fate
姻缘 [yīn​yuán] #32,347
a marriage predestined by fate
姻亲 [yīn​qīn] #37,416
affinity
姻亲 [yīn​qīn] #37,416
affinity
包办婚姻 [bāo​bàn​hūn​yīn] #48,089
forced marriage
包办婚姻 [bāo​bàn​hūn​yīn] #48,089
forced marriage
8 more items
JAPANESE WORDS (14)
⭐ 婚姻 [こんいん] #9,215
marriage
婚姻届 [こんいんとどけ] #29,929
marriage registration
婚姻関係 [こんいんかんけい] #46,634
marital relationship
姻戚 [いんせき] #73,013
in-law
姻戚関係 [いんせきかんけい] #79,624
relation by marriage
姻族 [いんぞく] #130,998
in-law
婚姻法 [こんいんほう] #177,399
marriage laws
婚姻色 [こんいんしょく] #212,751
nuptial coloration (colouration)
婚姻手続 [こんいんてつづき] #224,594
marriage procedures
婚姻要件具備証明書 [こんいんようけんぐびしょうめいしょ] #231,844
certificate of legal capacity to contract marriage
4 more items
KOREAN WORDS (2)
혼인 #11,353
marriage; wedding
인척
in-laws