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Radical:
Radical Strokes: 3
Additional Strokes: 8
Total Strokes: 11
Variants:

Pronunciation

Pinyin: yín
Cantonese: jam4
JapaneseKun: TAWAKERU MIDARI
JapaneseOn: IN
Korean: UM
Vietnamese: dâm

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: obscene, licentious, lewd

CE-Dict: obscene, licentious, lewd

Soothill: Licentious, lewd ; adultery, fornication: similar to 淫 q.v.

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《女部》婬 私逸也。从女㸒聲。

康熙字典文字版 【丑集下】【女字部】 婬
【廣韻】餘針切【集韻】【韻會】【正韻】夷針切,𠀤音淫。【說文】私逸也。【揚子·方言】婬,遊也。江沅之閒謂戲爲婬。 又叶以周切,音油。【王逸·九思】使素女兮鼓簧,乗戈和兮謡謳。聲噭誂兮淸和,音晏衍兮要婬。 通作淫。

藏法數 婬即染欲也。謂尼不能以禮自防,以戒自守,貪著色欲,汙犯淨行,是故為眾所棄也。

Buddhism words and phrases desire, especially sexual desire