印
HSK 6freq #2082
Meanings
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- 1.to print
- 2.to mark
- 3.to engrave
- 4.a seal
- 5.a print
- 6.a stamp
- 7.a mark
- 8.a trace
- 9.image
- 1.surname Yin
- 2.abbr. for 印度[Yìn dù], India
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Wiktionary
- 1.stamp; seal
- 2.trace; mark; sign
- 3.to tally
- 4.to engrave
- 5.to print
- 6.A unit of measuring wok sizes.
- 7.a surname
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Etymology
Ideogrammic compound (會意 /会意): 爪 (“hand”) + 卩 (“kneeling person”) – a hand suppressing a kneeling person. According to 羅振玉 in his book 《增訂殷墟書契考釋》(1915), the character is an ideogram of a hand suppressing a kneeling person. The character 抑 (yì) (to suppress) was used to preserve the original meaning.
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Stroke order
Components
Components from cjk-decomp · MIT
Example sentences
我們發現了沙灘上的腳印。
We found the footprints in the sand.
生態印跡與一國的經濟發展程度密切相關。
The ecological footprint of a country is closely related to its level of economic development.
我聽說他們在喜馬拉雅山脈發現了雪人的腳印。
I heard that they found the footprints of an abominable snowman in the Himalayas.
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Derived terms
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Related words
印象 impression (sth that stays in one's mind)打印 to affix a seal印刷 to print脚印 footprint复印 to photocopy印章 seal印证 to confirm; to corroborate; to verify影印 photographic reproduction印泥 red ink paste used for seal烙印 to brand (cattle etc)冲印 to develop and print (photographic film)印绶 sealed ribbon fastening correspondence (in former times)