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音 yīn — “sound”

How to write and say the Chinese character 音 (yīn), which means sound — with stroke order, audio, its story, and an example sentence. Theme: Songs, games & stories.

Stroke order笔顺

音 is written with 9 strokes, in this order (the red stroke is the one being added):

The story behind it字源小故事

Picture it: a tongue 立 forming a sound in the mouth 日.

A common word常用词

Example sentence例句

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