尹
Ancient forms
3 forms- Oracle boneShang
- BronzeWestern Zhou
- Small sealQin–Han
- 尹RegularToday
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Meaning
yǐn yin3
- (literary) to administer; to govern
- (bound form) governor; prefect; magistrate (official title in imperial times)
Yǐn yin3
- surname Yin
Words with 尹
- 府尹fǔyǐnmagistrate
- 陈恭尹ChénGōngyǐnChen Gongyin (1631-1700), early Qing dynasty poet
- 尹潽善YǐnPǔshànYun Poseon (1897-1990), South Korean Democratic party politician, mayor of Seoul from 1948, president 1960-1962