Radical 音 – Sound

Pinyin: yīn
Strokes: 9 strokes
Variants: None

Meaning

Sound, noise, tone, music, news

Memory tipA mouth 曰 with a stroke inside – sound coming out (close to 言 speech). Characters with 音 relate to sound and music: 音 (sound), 韵 (rhyme), 章 (chapter – a complete piece of music), 竟 (in the end – the music has finished).

HSK characters with 音 (4)

By HSK level – tap to practise writing

音yīnHSK 2
章zhāngHSK 3
竟jìngHSK 4
韵yùnHSK 7–9

Other 9-stroke radicals

面Face
革Leather
韋Soft leather
韭Leek
頁Leaf / Page / Head
風Wind
飛Fly
食Eat / Food

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Radical 音 – Sound

HSK characters with 音 (4)

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