







荫 is written in 9 strokes, following the standard Chinese stroke order. Start from the radical 艹, then complete the remaining strokes.
Stroke order matters in Chinese: it keeps the character balanced, and it is how dictionaries and handwriting input methods expect a character to be written.
荫 is an ideographic compound. Shade 阴 provided by a tree 艹; 阴 also provides the pronunciation.
Radical: 艹 + 7 more strokes
yīn荫
yìn荫

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Open the tool →荫 (yīn) means “Shade cast by trees or other foliage, providing a cool, dim area” in Chinese.
荫 has 2 pronunciations: yīn, yìn.
荫 has 9 strokes.
荫 is written in 9 strokes, starting from the radical 艹. See the animated stroke order on this page.
The radical of 荫 is 艹, and 荫 is an ideographic compound.