殷

殷 (Kangxi radical 79, 殳+6, 10 strokes, cangjie input 竹尸竹弓水 (HSHNE), four-corner 2724₇, composition ⿰㐆殳)

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 585, character 2
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 16627
• Dae Jaweon: page 977, character 19
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2156, character 4
• Unihan data for U+6BB7

Historical forms of the character 殷
Shang	Western Zhou
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions

Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : a person with swollen abdomen (身, now written 㐆) + a hand grabbing an ornamental weapon or drum (now written 殳), sometimes also interpreted as a needle for acupuncture.

殷

1. (～朝) Late Shang Dynasty
2. (by extension) (～朝) Alternative name for 商 (shāng, “Shang Dynasty”).
3. abundant; rich

   殷實／殷实  ―  yīnshí  ―  well-off

4. (literary) large; flourishing

   • 莊周曰：「此何鳥哉？翼殷不逝，目大不覩。」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     庄周曰：「此何鸟哉？翼殷不逝，目大不睹。」 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Zhuangzi, circa 3^rd – 2^nd centuries BCE

     Zhuāngzhōu yuē: “Cǐ hé niǎo zāi? Yì yīn bù shì, mù dà bù dǔ.” [Pinyin]

     'What bird is this?' said he, 'with such great wings not to go on! and with such large eyes not to see me!'

5. (literary) many; numerous
6. (of emotions) deep
7. a surname

殷

1. blood red; deep red

殷

1. sound of thunder
2. to shake; to tremble

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

• Go-on: おん (on); えん (en)
• Kan-on: いん (in); あん (an)
• Kun: さかん (sakan, 殷ん)
• Nanori: たか (taka); ただ (tada)

The senses “Shang dynasty” and “prosperous” are from Middle Chinese 殷 (MC 'j+n), corresponding to modern Mandarin yīn and Cantonese jan¹. The sense “rumbling” corresponds to modern Mandarin yǐn and Cantonese jan².

The kan'on pronunciation, so likely a later borrowing.

• IPA^(key): [ĩɴ]

殷(いん) • (In) 

1. (historical) Shang dynasty

• 商(しょう) (shō)

殷(いん) • (in) 

1. (historical) Shang dynasty
2. prosperous; flourishing
3. rumbling

殷 (eum 은, 안 (eun, an))

1. Hanja form^? of 은, 안 (“great, many, magnificent, flourishing”).

殷: Hán Nôm readings: ân

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