尹

Information about character(s)

Radical: 丿
Radical Strokes: 1
Additional Strokes: 3
Total Strokes: 4

Pronunciation

Pinyin: yǐn, yún
Cantonese: wan5
JapaneseKun: OSA TADASU
JapaneseOn: IN
Korean: YUN
Vietnamese: doãn

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: govern; oversee; director

CE-Dict: to administer/to oversee/to run/magistrate (old)

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.to govern; to rule
2.a Chinese family name

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《又部》尹治也。从又、丿，握事者也。

康熙字典文字版 【寅集上】【尸字部】尹
〔古文〕𢃵𢃹𢃁𢃂【廣韻】于準切【集韻】【韻會】庾準切，𠀤音允。【說文】治也。从又丿，握事者也。【廣韻】進也，又正也。【書·君𨻰】尹兹東郊。又【多方】𥳑畀殷命，尹爾多方。【註】言天畀付文武以殷命，正爾多方也。　又官名。【書·益稷】庶尹允諧。【傳】尹，正也。衆正官之長也。【應劭曰】天子之相稱師尹。【薛瓚曰】諸侯之卿，惟楚稱令尹，餘國稱相。他如周禮門尹除門，月令奄尹申宮令，周語關尹以告，皆是也。　又誠也，信也。【禮·聘義】孚尹旁達，信也。【註】玉之爲物，孚尹於中，旁達於外，所以爲信也。應氏曰：尹當作允。允亦信也。　又【禮·曲禮】脯曰尹祭。【疏】脯必裁割方正，而後祭也。　又姓。周有尹吉甫。◎按《李氏詳校篇海》尹，古音允。今音引，非。

CF-Dict: (nom de famille)

Han-De-Dict: beherrschen, herrschen (u.E.) (V)