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yīn — overcast (weather); cloudy

6 strokes · traditional 陰

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Where it comes from

The shaded face of a hill: 阝 for the slope, with the moon beneath. It is the overcast half of the weather, the shadow, and the counterpart of 阳.

Words it turns up in

光阴阴冷阴天

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