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尹
Yǐn
1. surname Yin
Common • Top 17% ✏️ 4 strokes Noun

Character Breakdown (Single character)

尹
yǐn
to govern, to oversee; director
4 丶

Compound Words (3)

府尹
fǔyǐn
magistrate
尹潽善
YǐnPǔshàn
Yun Poseon (1897-1990), South Korean Democratic party politician, mayor of Seoul from 1948, president 1960-1962
陈恭尹
ChénGōngyǐn
Chen Gongyin (1631-1700), early Qing dynasty poet

Alternate Entries

尹
yǐn
to administer / to oversee / to run / magistrate (old)

Metadata

Category
Chinese
Character Frequency Rank
2,884
Word Frequency Rank
13,919 of 84,292