垠

yín

Rank #4331

Definitions

yín limit; border; river bank

Etymology

Phonosemantic compound. 土 represents the meaning and 艮 represents the sound.

Semantic: 土 Phonetic: 艮

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Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal etymology image

Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)

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Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

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Component: 土

Component: 艮

Components

土艮

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