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yìn

Meanings

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yìn
  1. 1.descendant
  2. 2.heir
  3. 3.offspring
  4. 4.posterity
  5. 5.to inherit

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Wiktionary

  1. 1.progeny; posterity; descendants
  2. 2.heir; successor

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Etymology

Ideogrammic compound (會意 /会意): 八 (“divide”) + 幺 (“thread”) + 肉 (“flesh”). 肉 (“flesh”) represents the bloodline, 幺 (“thread”) represents its extension, 八 (“divide”) represents the split of the bloodline.

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