Cojak

Hanzi Character Search: 吟

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吟
sing, hum; recite; type of poetry
Radical
Strokes (without radical) 4 Total Strokes 7
Mandarin reading yín Cantonese reading jam4 ngam4
Japanese on reading gin kin Japanese kun reading utau naku
Korean reading um Vietnamese reading ngâm
Semantic Variant(s)

CEDICT Entries:

   [ yín yǒng ]    to recite, to sing (of poetry)
   [ yín shī ]    to recite poetry
   [ yín sòng ]    to read aloud, to recite rhythmically, to chant, to intone (esp. poems in rhythm)
   [ yín yoú ]    to wander as minstrel
   [ yín fēng nòng yuè ]    lit. singing of the wind and the moon; fig. vacuous and sentimental (of poetry or art)
   [ yín ]    old variant of 吟[yin2]
⇒    [ bìng shēn yín ]    to moan about imaginary illness, fussing like a hypochondriac, fig. sentimental nonsense
⇒    [ yín ]    song, chant, rhythmic declamation
⇒    [ yoú yín shī rén ]    troubadour, bard

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