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Kanji Detail for 殷 - "flourishing, abundant, yin, shake, red"
殷
- Meaning
殷 means "flourishing, abundant, yin, shake, red."
Flourishing - Prosperous; thriving.
Abundant - Plentiful; great; large.
Yin - Name of an ancient Chinese dynasty; originally called Shang; one of the Three Dynasties.
Shake - To tremble.
Red - Dark red.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
flourishing
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
many, great; abundant, flourishing
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
surname Yin; dynasty name at the end the Shang dynasty, after its move to Yinxu 殷墟[Yin1 xu1] in present-day Henan
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
many, great; abundant, flourishing
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
Flourishing. The meaning of being full. As in "the region is prosperous and wealthy" (地方殷富), "the family is substantial and solid" (身家殷實). | Numerous. As in being seen by many is called 殷見. | Name of a dynasty. King Pangeng of Shang moved the capital to Yinxu and changed the name to Yin. | 殷殷. Anxious. Also, commonly, attentive hospitality is called 殷勤 (solicitous). All interchangeable with 慇. As in "eagerly hoping" (盼望甚殷), "earnestly inviting" (殷殷招致)—all have this meaning. | A blackish-red color. | The sound of thunder. The Book of Odes says: "Rolling is the thunder" (殷其雷).
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