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HSK 2 · Weather

阴

yīn

overcast; cloudy

Stroke order of 阴

阴 is written with 6 strokes. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

Memory trick

Only the pale moon '月' shows behind the hill '阝': dark and overcast.

Parts: 阝 hill + 月 moon

Example sentence

今天天气很阴,可能会下雨。

It's very cloudy today; it might rain.

Words with 阴

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