Memory phrase for the character: 尹

尹

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Meaning

to administer, to oversee, to run, magistrate (old)

Pronunciation

yǐn

Explanation

 Hand 彐 or with stick ノ

Mnemonic
 
The stick in the hand is used to: administer.

Radicals

尹 hand with stickShows a hand with a stick ノ and is often used for “ruling”. For “beating 攴”, this stick 卜 in this hand 又 is used and simplified to 攵.
handA hand with the forearm at the right and fingers stretched out to the left.
丿 slash




 Vocabulary

陈恭尹 Chén Gōng yǐn  Chen Gongyin (1631-1700), early Qing dynasty poet
府尹 fǔ yǐn  magistrate; prefect
尹潽善 Yǐn Pǔ shàn  Yun Poseon (1897-1990), South Korean Democratic party politician, mayor of Seoul from 1948, president 1960-1962
尹潽善 Yǐn Pǔ shàn  

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