音 yīn sound
Made up of [立 lì stand; rise radical 117, 日 rì sun; day radical 72]Made with 9 strokes.
Ancient small seal form 
Related characters
Also uses 立 lì component: 拉 lā (to pull) 亲 qīn (parent) ; 童 tóng (boy servant) ; 位 wèi (position) ; 站 zhàn (station)
Also uses 日 rì component: 白 bái (bright) 曾 céng (once) ; 昌 chāng (prosperous) ; 春 chūn (spring) ; 旦 dàn (dawn) ; 婚 hūn (to marry) ; 间 jiàn (gap) ; 间 jiān (between) ; 景 jǐng (bright) ; 旧 jiù (old) ; 明 míng (bright) ; 莫 mò (do not) ; 普 pǔ (general) ; 晴 qíng (clear sky) ; 是 shì (is) ; 时 shí (time) ; 暑 shǔ (heat) ; 晚 wǎn (evening) ; 香 xiāng (fragrant) ; 星 xīng (star) ; 阳 yáng (yang) ; 易 yì (easy) ; 影 yǐng (picture) ; 早 zǎo (early) ; 照 zhào (according to) ; 者 zhě (in process of) ; 桌 zhuō (table) ; 最 zuì (most) ; 昨 zuó (previous)
Sounds same
阴 yīn (yin)Different tone
银 yín (silver) ; 饮 yǐn (to drink) ; 廴 yǐn ('long stride')Radical
Index 180 used in: 意 yì (idea)Pronunciation
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Proverbs
独木不成林,单弦不成音 dú mù bù chéng lín, dān xián bù chéng yīn Many things require people to work together to achieve an end余音绕梁 yú yīn rào liáng Music so beautiful it seems to reverberate around the roof. A pleasant musical performance and by analogy memory of a joyous occasion.