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胤
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descendant

HSK 10 N1
Human →Relations →Family
yìn
イン
たね
윤
八 represents the split between the bloodline relations. 幺 represents continuation. ⺼ represents the bloodline. All of these components convey the meaning "descendant".
Components
八 eight+ 幺 one+ ⺼ meat (side) =
胤 descendant
八 Iconic component
bā eight
Depicts two lines facing away from each other. Used here to represent the split between bloodline relations.
幺 Iconic component
yāo one
youngest
Depicts a thread. Used here to represent continuation since threads are usually long.
⺼ Iconic component
ròu meat (side)
meat
⺼ is a component form of 肉. Used here to depict bloodline.
Notes
Similar Characters
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Historical Evolution
Bronze Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
Bronze
Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
Bronze Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Bronze
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Bronze Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Bronze
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Bronze Late Warring States (~250 BC)
Bronze
Late Warring States (~250 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
胤
Regular
Modern
Chinese
胤 [yìn]
descendant; heir; offspring; posterity; to inherit
Japanese
胤 たね 同音
noun issue; offspring; paternal blood
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
胤 いん
In unclassified name
胤 たね
Tane surname
胤 つぐ
Tsugu given name
胤 つずき
Tsuzuki unclassified name
胤 つづき
Tsuzuki given name
CHINESE WORDS (2)
赵匡胤 [Zhào​Kuāng​yìn] #30,505
Zhao Kuangyin, personal name of founding Song emperor Song Taizu 宋太祖 (927-976)
赵匡胤 [Zhào​Kuāng​yìn] #30,505
Zhao Kuangyin, personal name of founding Song emperor Song Taizu 宋太祖 (927-976)
JAPANESE WORDS (9)
子種 [こだね] #29,671
child
落胤 [らくいん] #64,556
nobleman's illegitimate child
落とし胤 [おとしだね] #102,661
illegitimate child (usu. of a nobleman)
後胤 [こういん] #109,454
descendant
種違い [たねちがい] #153,437
half- (sibling by a different father)
血胤 [けついん] #285,965
lineage
皇胤 [こういん] #294,862
Imperial descendant (posterity)
因果の胤を宿す [いんがのたねをやどす]
to become pregnant with an illegitimate child
胤裔 [いんえい]
successor