long stride

HSK 10

yǐn

イン

인

Derived from 彳, which depicts a street intersection. The last stroke is lengthen to indicate the meaning "walk" or "long stride".

Notes

Historical Evolution

Seal

Shuowen (~100 AD)

廴

Regular

Modern

Chinese

廴 [yǐn]

"long stride" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 54), occurring in 建, 延, 廷 etc

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